Mobile communication system, base station apparatus, mobile station apparatus, and mobile communication method

ABSTRACT

A mobile station (MS) receives in a sub-frame a first and second PDCCH, where the first PDCCH indicating a first PDSCH transmission on a first downlink component carrier (DCC) and the second PDCCH indicating a second PDSCH transmission on the second DCC, determines a first PUCCH resource based on a control channel element (CCE) of the first PDCCH and a second PUCCH resource based on a CCE of the second PDCCH when the first PDCCH and the second DCC are received in the sub-frame and transmits control information on HARQ using a single PUCCH resource (selected from the first and second PUCCH resource), where the first and second PUCCH resource are mapped on a single uplink component carrier corresponding to the first DCC, and the control information on HARQ includes information indicating an ACK or a NACK for each of downlink transport blocks transmitted on the first and second PDSCH.

This application is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 14/280,522,filed on May 16, 2014 (now U.S. Pat. No. 9,014,129, issued on Apr. 21,2015), which is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 13/322,882 filedon Dec. 6, 2011 (now U.S. Pat. No. 8,767,651, issued on Jul. 1, 2014),for which priority is claimed under 35 U.S.C. §120, application Ser. No.13/322,882 is the national phase of PCT International Application No.PCT/JP2010/058179 filed on May 14, 2010 under 35 U.S.C. §371, whichclaims the benefit of priority of JP2009-125928 filed May 26, 2009. Theentire contents of each of the above-identified applications are herebyincorporated by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a mobile communication system made upof a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus, and a mobilecommunication method.

BACKGROUND ART

3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) is a project fordiscussing/creating specifications of a mobile communication systembased on a network developed from W-CDMA (Wideband-Code DivisionMultiple Access) and GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications). The3GPP has standardized the W-CDMA mode as a third-generation cellularmobile communication system and the service is sequentially started.HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) with higher communicationspeed has also been standardized and the service is started. The 3GPP iscurrently discussing about a mobile communication system (hereinafterreferred to as “LTE-A (Long Term Evolution-Advanced)” or“Advanced-EUTRA”) that utilizes the development of the third generationradio access technology (hereinafter referred to as “LTE (Long TermEvolution)” or “EUTRA (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access)”) anda wider frequency band to realize faster data transmission/reception.

The OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) mode and theSC-FDMA (Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access) mode aremodes using subcarriers orthogonal to each other to performuser-multiplexing and are discussed as communication modes in LTE. TheOFDMA mode is a multi-carrier communication mode and is proposed fordownlink, and the SC-FDMA mode is a single-carrier communication modeand is proposed for uplink.

On the other hand, for communication modes in LTE-A, it is discussed tointroduce the OFDMA mode for downlink and the OFDMA mode and theClustered-SC-FDMA (Clustered-Single Carrier-Frequency Division MultipleAccess, also referred to as DFT-s-OFDM with Spectrum Division Control)mode for uplink in addition to the SC-FDMA mode. The SC-FDMA modeproposed as uplink communication mode in LTE and LTE-A are characterizedin that PAPR (Peak to Average Power Ratio) at the time of transmissionof data (information) can be suppressed to a lower level.

While a typical mobile communication system uses a continuous frequencyband, it is discussed for LTE-A to use a plurality ofcontinuous/discontinuous frequency bands (hereinafter, referred to as“carrier elements, carrier components (CC)” or “element carriers,component carriers (CC)”) in a multiple manner to implement operation asone frequency band (broad frequency band) (frequency band aggregation,also referred to as spectrum aggregation, carrier aggregation, andfrequency aggregation). It is also proposed to give different frequencybandwidths to a frequency band used in downlink communication and afrequency band used in uplink communication so that the base stationapparatus and the mobile station apparatus more flexibly use a widerfrequency band to perform communication (asymmetric frequency bandaggregation: asymmetric carrier aggregation) (Nonpatent Literature 1).

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining frequency band aggregation in aconventional technique. Giving the same bandwidth to a frequency bandused in downlink (DL) communication and a frequency band used in uplink(UL) communication as depicted in FIG. 9 is also referred to assymmetric frequency band aggregation (symmetric carrier aggregation). Asdepicted in FIG. 9, the base station apparatus and the mobile stationapparatus use the plurality of carrier components that arecontinuous/discontinuous frequency bands in a multiple manner, therebyperforming communication in a wider frequency band constituted of theplurality of carrier components. Here, by way of example, it is depictedthat a frequency band used in the downlink communication with abandwidth of 100 MHz (hereinafter also referred to as DL system band orDL system bandwidth) is constituted of five carrier components (DCC1:Downlink Component Carrier 1, DCC2, DCC3, DCC4, and DCC5) each having abandwidth of 20 MHz. By way of example, it is also depicted that afrequency band used in the uplink communication with a bandwidth of 100MHz (hereinafter also referred to as UL system band or UL systembandwidth) is constituted of five carrier components (UCC1: UplinkComponent Carrier 1, UCC2, UCC3, UCC4, and UCC5) each having a bandwidthof 20 MHz.

In FIG. 9, downlink channels such as a physical downlink control channel(hereinafter, PDCCH) and a physical downlink shared channel(hereinafter, PDSCH) are mapped on each of the downlink carriercomponents, and the base station apparatus uses the PDCCH to transmit,to the mobile station apparatus, the control information (such asresource allocation information, MCS (Modulation and Coding Scheme)information, and HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request) processinformation) for transmitting a downlink transport block transmitted byusing the PDSCH (i.e. uses the PDCCH to allocate the PDSCH to the mobilestation apparatus), and uses the PDSCH to transmit the downlinktransport block to the mobile station apparatus.

Also, uplink channels such as a physical uplink control channel(hereinafter, PUCCH) and a physical uplink shared channel (hereinafter,PUSCH) are mapped on each of the uplink carrier components, and themobile station apparatus uses the PUCCH and/or the PUSCH mapped on eachof the uplink carrier components to transmit, to the base stationapparatus, the control signal (control information) of HARQ for thephysical downlink control channel and/or the downlink transport blocks.The control signal (control information) of HARQ is a signal(information) indicative of ACK/NACK (Positive Acknowledgement/NegativeAcknowledgement, ACK signal or NACK signal) and/or a signal(information) indicative of DTX (Discontinuous Transmission) for thephysical downlink control channel and/or the downlink transport blocks.The signal indicative of DTX is a signal (information) indicating thatthe mobile station apparatus cannot detect the PDCCH from the basestation apparatus. In FIG. 9, any of downlink/uplink channels such asthe PDCCH, the PDSCH, the PUCCH, and the PUSCH may not be mapped on somedownlink/uplink carrier components.

Similarly, FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining asymmetric frequency bandaggregation (asymmetric carrier aggregation) in a conventionaltechnique. As depicted in FIG. 10, the base station apparatus and themobile station apparatus give different bandwidths to a frequency bandused in the downlink communication and a frequency band used in theuplink communication, and use the carrier components constitute thesefrequency bands in a multiple manner, thereby performing communicationin a wider frequency band. Here, by way of example, it is depicted thata frequency band used in the downlink communication with a bandwidth of100 MHz is constituted of five carrier components (DCC1, DCC2, DCC3,DCC4, and DCC5) each having a bandwidth of 20 MHz, and that a frequencyband used in the uplink communication with a bandwidth of 40 MHz isconstituted of two carrier components (UCC1 and UCC2) each having abandwidth of 20 MHz. In FIG. 10, the downlink/uplink channels are mappedon each of the downlink/uplink carrier components, and the base stationapparatus uses the PDSCHs to be allocated by the PDCCHs to transmit, tothe mobile station apparatus, the downlink transport blocks in the samesub-frame, and the mobile station apparatus uses the PUCCH and/or thePUSCH to transmit, to the base station apparatus, the control signal ofHARQ.

For the LTE-A, various methods have been proposed for the base stationapparatus to employ when the base station apparatus executes allocationof the PDSCHs using the PDCCHs mapped on the downlink carrier components(Nonpatent Literature 2). FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining one of themethods of allocating the PDSCHs using the PDCCHs in the conventionaltechniques. FIG. 11 depicts an enlarged portion of the downlink carriercomponents in FIG. 10 (a portion including DCC1, DCC2, and DCC3). Asdepicted in FIG. 11, the base station apparatus is able to allocate theplurality of PDSCHs using the plurality of PDCCHs mapped on a singledownlink carrier component. FIG. 11 depicts the state as an examplewhere the base station apparatus allocates the PDSCHs mapped on DCC1,DCC2, and DCC3 using three PDCCHs mapped on DCC2 (the PDCCHs eachindicated by slant lines, grid lines, or net lines) (allocates the PDSCHof DCC1 using the PDCCH indicated by the slant lines, the PDSCH of DCC2using the PDCCH indicated by the grid lines, and the PDSCH of DCC3 usingthe PDCCH indicated by the net lines). The base station apparatus isable to transmit to the mobile station apparatus (at most three)downlink transport block(s) in one same sub frame using the PDSCHsmapped on DCC1, DCC2, and DCC3.

PRIOR ART DOCUMENTS Nonpatent Literatures

Nonpatent Literature 1: “Initial Access Procedure for Asymmetric WiderBandwidth in LTE-Advanced”, 3GPP TSG RAN WG1 Meeting #55, R1-084249,Nov. 10-14, 2008

Nonpatent Literature 2: “PDCCH Design of Carrier Aggregation”, 3GPP TSGRAN WG1 Meeting #57, R1-091829, May 4-8, 2009

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Problem to be Solved by the Invention

However, it is not clear according to the conventional techniques howthe mobile station apparatus transmits, to the base station apparatus,the control signal of HARQ for the plurality of PDCCHs and/or theplurality of downlink transport blocks when the base station apparatusallocates the plurality of PDSCHs using the plurality of PDCCHs, andtransmits, to the mobile station apparatus, the plurality of downlinktransport blocks in the same one sub frame using the plurality of PDSCHsallocated.

When the base station apparatus and the mobile station apparatustransmit or receive the control signal of HARQ, the resources for themobile station apparatus to map the control signal of HARQ mustefficiently be allocated by the base station apparatus. For example,when the base station apparatus explicitly designates all of theresources to be mapped the control signal of HARQ for the mobile stationapparatus that transmits the control signal of HARQ, the radio resourcesused for the designation are partially wasted. A method is desired forthe base station apparatus to efficiently designate the resources forthe mobile station apparatus to map the control signal of HARQ.

As above, a problem arises in the conventional techniques that themethod is inefficient of designating the resources to be mapped thecontrol signal of HARQ by the base station apparatus when the basestation apparatus allocates the plurality of PDSCHs using the pluralityof PDCCHs, and transmits, to the mobile station apparatus, the pluralityof downlink transport blocks in the same one sub frame using theplurality of the PDSCHs allocated.

The present invention was conceived in view of the above circumstancesand the object thereof is to provide a mobile communication system and amobile communication method that take into account a method ofdesignating the resources to be mapped the control signal of HARQ by abase station apparatus.

Means for Solving the Problem

To accomplish the above purpose, the present invention uses thefollowing means. A mobile communication system of the present inventionis a mobile communication system in which the base station apparatus andthe mobile station apparatus communicate using the plurality ofcomponent carriers, comprising: the base station apparatus transmits, tothe mobile station apparatus, a first physical downlink control channelfor indicating transmission of a physical downlink shared channel on aspecific downlink component carrier and a second physical downlinkcontrol channel for indicating transmission of a physical downlinkshared channel on a downlink component carrier different from thespecific downlink component carrier, in a sub frame on the specificdownlink component carrier, the mobile station apparatus transmits, tothe base station apparatus, control information on HARQ using either oneof a first physical uplink control channel resource corresponding to aresource of the first physical downlink control channel and a secondphysical uplink control channel resource corresponding to a resource ofthe second physical downlink control channel, when the first physicaldownlink control channel and the second physical downlink controlchannel are received, from the base station apparatus, in a sub frame onthe specific downlink component carrier, wherein the first physicaluplink control channel resource and the second physical uplink controlchannel resource are mapped on a single uplink component carrier thatcorresponds to the specific downlink component carrier.

Further, the mobile communication system of the present invention is themobile communication system, wherein the resource of the first physicaldownlink control channel includes control channel elements thatconstitute the first physical downlink control channel, and the mobilecommunication system of the present invention is the mobilecommunication system, wherein the resource of the second physicaldownlink control channel includes control channel elements thatconstitute the second physical downlink control channel.

Further, the mobile communication system of the present invention is themobile communication system, wherein the specific downlink componentcarrier is indicated, by the base station apparatus, to the mobilestation apparatus.

Further, the mobile communication system of the present invention is themobile communication system, wherein a correspondence between thespecific downlink component carrier and the uplink component carrier isset, by the base station apparatus, in the mobile station apparatusspecifically to a cell.

Further, the mobile communication system of the present invention is themobile communication system, wherein a correspondence between thespecific downlink component carrier and the uplink component carrier isset, by the base station apparatus, in the mobile station apparatusspecifically to the mobile station apparatus.

Further, the mobile communication system of the present invention is themobile communication system, wherein the control information on HARQincludes information that indicates ACK/NACK for each of downlinktransport blocks transmitted on the specific downlink component carrierand the downlink component carrier different from the specific downlinkcomponent carrier.

Further, the base station apparatus of the present invention is the basestation apparatus that communicates with the mobile station apparatususing a plurality of component carriers, comprising: a portion thattransmits, to the mobile station apparatus, a first physical downlinkcontrol channel for indicating transmission of a physical downlinkshared channel on a specific downlink component carrier and a secondphysical downlink control channel for indicating transmission of aphysical downlink shared channel on a downlink component carrierdifferent from the specific downlink component carrier, in a sub frameon the specific downlink component carrier; and a portion that receives,from the mobile station apparatus, control information on HARQ usingeither one of a first physical uplink control channel resourcecorresponding to a resource of the first physical downlink controlchannel and a second physical uplink control channel resourcecorresponding to a resource of the second physical downlink controlchannel, when the mobile station apparatus receives the first physicaldownlink control channel and the second physical downlink controlchannel in a sub frame on the specific downlink component carrier,wherein the first physical uplink control channel resource and thesecond physical uplink control channel resource are mapped on a singleuplink component carrier that corresponds to the specific downlinkcomponent carrier.

Further, the mobile station apparatus of the present invention is themobile station apparatus that communicates with the base stationapparatus using a plurality of component carriers, comprising a portionthat transmits, to the base station apparatus, control information onHARQ using either one of a first physical uplink control channelresource corresponding to a resource of a first physical downlinkcontrol channel and a second physical uplink control channel resourcecorresponding to a resource of a second physical downlink controlchannel, when the first physical downlink control channel for indicatingtransmission of a physical downlink shared channel on a specificdownlink component carrier and the second physical downlink controlchannel for indicating transmission of a physical downlink sharedchannel on a downlink component carrier different from the specificdownlink component carrier are received, from the base stationapparatus, in a sub frame on the specific downlink component carrier,wherein the first physical uplink control channel resource and thesecond physical uplink control channel resource are mapped on a singleuplink component carrier that corresponds to the specific downlinkcomponent carrier.

Further, the communication method of the present invention is thecommunication method of the base station apparatus that communicateswith the mobile station apparatus using a plurality of componentcarriers, comprising: transmitting, to the mobile station apparatus, afirst physical downlink control channel for indicating transmission of aphysical downlink shared channel on a specific downlink componentcarrier and second physical downlink control channel for indicatingtransmission of a physical downlink shared channel on a downlinkcomponent carrier different from the specific downlink component carrierin a sub frame on the specific downlink component carrier, receiving,from the mobile station apparatus, control information on HARQ usingeither one of a first physical uplink control channel resourcecorresponding to a resource of the first physical downlink controlchannel and a second physical uplink control channel resourcecorresponding to a resource of the second physical downlink controlchannel, when the mobile station apparatus receives the first physicaldownlink control channel and the second physical downlink controlchannel in a sub frame on the specific downlink component carrier,wherein the first physical uplink control channel resource and thesecond physical uplink control channel resource are mapped on a singleuplink component carrier that corresponds to the specific downlinkcomponent carrier.

Further, the communication method of the present invention is thecommunication method of the mobile station apparatus that communicateswith the base station apparatus using a plurality of component carriers,comprising: transmitting, to the base station apparatus, controlinformation on HARQ using either one of a first physical uplink controlchannel resource corresponding to a resource of a first physicaldownlink control channel and a second physical uplink control channelresource corresponding to a resource of a second physical downlinkcontrol channel, when the first physical downlink control channel forindicating transmission of a physical downlink shared channel on aspecific downlink component carrier and the second physical downlinkcontrol channel for indicating transmission of a physical downlinkshared channel on a downlink component carrier different from thespecific downlink component carrier are received, from the base stationapparatus, in a sub frame on the specific downlink component carrier,wherein the first physical uplink control channel resource and thesecond physical uplink control channel resource are mapped on a singleuplink component carrier that corresponds to the specific downlinkcomponent carrier.

Further, the base station apparatus of the present invention is the basestation apparatus, further comprising a means that, in the uplinkcomponent carrier, sets in the mobile station apparatus a resource areaavailable for mapping therein the plurality of physical uplink controlchannels.

Further, a mobile station apparatus of the present invention is a mobilestation apparatus in a mobile communication system having a base stationapparatus and the mobile station apparatus that execute communicationtherebetween using a plurality of component carriers, comprising: ameans that is set therein one downlink component carrier by the basestation apparatus; a means that is allocated thereto by the base stationapparatus with a plurality of physical downlink shared channels in thesame sub frame using a plurality of physical downlink control channelsmapped on the downlink component carrier set; and a means for which aplurality of physical uplink control channels corresponding one-to-oneto the plurality of physical downlink control channels mapped on thedownlink component carrier set are designated by the base stationapparatus in one uplink component carrier corresponding to the downlinkcomponent carrier set.

Further, a mobile station apparatus of the present invention is a mobilestation apparatus in a mobile communication system having a base stationapparatus and the mobile station apparatus that execute communicationtherebetween using a plurality of component carriers, comprising: ameans that is set therein a correlation between a downlink componentcarrier and an uplink component carrier by the base station apparatususing broadcast information; a means that is set therein the onedownlink component carrier by the base station apparatus; a means thatis allocated thereto by the base station apparatus with a plurality ofphysical downlink shared channels in the same sub frame using aplurality of physical downlink control channels mapped on the downlinkcomponent carrier set; and a means for which a plurality of physicaluplink control channels corresponding one-to-one to the plurality ofphysical downlink control channels mapped on the downlink componentcarrier set are designated by the base station apparatus in the oneuplink component carrier corresponding to the downlink component carrierset.

Further, a mobile station apparatus of the present invention is a mobilestation apparatus in a mobile communication system having a base stationapparatus and the mobile station apparatus that execute communicationtherebetween using a plurality of component carriers, comprising: ameans that is set therein a correlation between a downlink componentcarrier and an uplink component carrier by the base station apparatususing RRC signaling; a means that is set therein the one downlinkcomponent carrier by the base station apparatus; a means that isallocated thereto by the base station apparatus with a plurality ofphysical downlink shared channels in the same sub frame using aplurality of physical downlink control channels mapped on the downlinkcomponent carrier set; and a means for which a plurality of physicaluplink control channels corresponding one-to-one to the plurality ofphysical downlink control channels mapped on the downlink componentcarrier set are designated by the base station apparatus in the oneuplink component carrier corresponding to the downlink component carrierset.

Further, the mobile station apparatus of the present invention is themobile station apparatus, further comprising a means that is set thereina resource area available for mapping therein the plurality of physicaluplink control channels, by the base station apparatus in the uplinkcomponent carrier.

Further, the mobile station apparatus of the present invention is themobile station apparatus, further comprising: a means that maps controlinformation on HARQ on any one physical uplink control channel of theplurality of physical uplink control channels, the means transmittingthe control information to the base station apparatus.

Further, the mobile station apparatus of the present invention is themobile station apparatus, wherein the control information on HARQcomprises information that indicates ACK/NACK for a downlink transportblock mapped on the plurality of physical downlink shared channels.

Further, the mobile station apparatus of the present invention is themobile station apparatus, wherein the control information on HARQcomprises information indicating that the mobile station apparatus failsto detect the physical downlink control channels.

Effect of the Invention

According to the present invention, the base station apparatus and themobile station apparatus that each execute communication using awideband frequency band including the plurality of consecutive ornon-consecutive frequency bands (carrier components), are able toefficiently transmit and receive the control signal of HARQ.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a configuration of physical channels.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a general configuration of abase stationapparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a general configuration of a mobile stationapparatus 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram of an example of a mobile communication system towhich a first embodiment is applicable.

FIG. 5 is another diagram of an example of a mobile communication systemto which the first embodiment is applicable.

FIG. 6 is a diagram of an example of a mobile communication system towhich a second embodiment is applicable.

FIG. 7 is another diagram of an example of a mobile communication systemto which the second embodiment is applicable.

FIG. 8 is a further diagram of an example of a mobile communicationsystem to which the second embodiment is applicable.

FIG. 9 is a diagram of uplink and downlink frequency bands according tothe conventional technique.

FIG. 10 is a diagram of the uplink and the downlink frequency bandsaccording to the conventional technique.

FIG. 11 is a diagram of a method of allocating physical downlink sharedchannels by physical downlink control channels according to theconventional technique.

MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Embodiments according to the present invention will now be describedwith reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram of one exemplaryconfiguration of channels of an embodiment of the present invention.Downlink physical channels are made up of a physical broadcast channel(PBCH), a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical downlinkshared channel (PDSCH), a physical multicast channel (PMCH), a physicalcontrol format indicator channel (PCFICH), and a physical hybrid ARQindicator channel (PHICH). Uplink physical channels are made up of aphysical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), a physical uplink controlchannel (PUCCH), and a physical random access channel (PRACH).

The physical broadcast channel (PBCH) maps the broadcast channel (BCH)at intervals of 40 milliseconds. The blind detection is performed forthe timing of 40 milliseconds. Therefore, explicit signaling is notperformed for the presentation of the timing. A sub-frame including thephysical broadcast channel (PBCH) can be decoded by itself(self-decodable).

The physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is a channel used fornotifying the mobile station apparatus of the resource allocation of thephysical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), the hybrid automatic repeatrequest (HARQ) information for downlink data, and an uplink transmissionpermission that is the resource allocation of the physical uplink sharedchannel (PUSCH). The PDDCH is constituted of a plurality of controlchannel elements (CCE), and the mobile station apparatus detects thePDCCH constituted of CCEs to receive the PDCCH from the base stationapparatus. The CCE is constituted of a plurality of resource elementgroups (REG, also referred as mini-CCE) distributed in frequency andtime domains. The resource element is a unit resource constituted of oneOFDM symbol (time domain) and one sub-carrier (frequency domain) and,for example, the REG is constituted of four downlink resource elementsconsecutive in the frequency domain, except the downlink pilot channel,in the frequency domain in the same OFDM symbol. For example, one PDCCHis constituted of one, two, four, and eight CCEs having the consecutivenumbers identifying CCEs (CCE index).

The PDCCH is separately coded (separate coding is applied) by eachmobile station apparatus and by each type. Therefore, the mobile stationapparatus detects the plurality of PDCCHs and acquires downlink oruplink resource allocation and information indicative of other controlsignals. A value of CRC (cyclic redundancy check) enabling formatidentification is added to each PDCCH and the mobile station apparatusperforms CRC for each set of CCEs that may constitute the PDCCH andacquires the PDCCH of successful CRC. This is referred to as blinddecoding and, with regard to a set of CCEs that may constitute the PDCCHwhich the blind decoding is performed, the range thereof is referred toas a search space. The mobile station apparatus performs the blinddecoding for CCEs in the search space to detect the PDCCH.

If the PDCCH includes resource allocation of the physical downlinkshared channel (PDSCH), the mobile station apparatus uses the physicaldownlink shared channel (PDSCH) to receive data (downlink data (downlinkshared channel (DL-SCH)), and/or downlink control data) in accordancewith the resource allocation specified by the PDCCH from the basestation apparatus. Therefore, the PDCCH is used for transmitting asignal that performs resource allocation to downlink (hereinafterreferred to as “downlink transmission permission signal” or “downlinkgrant”). If the PDCCH includes resource allocation of the uplink sharedchannel, the mobile station apparatus uses the physical uplink sharedchannel (PUSCH) to transmit data (uplink data (uplink shared channel(UL-SCH)), and/or uplink control data) in accordance with the resourceallocation specified by the PDCCH from the base station apparatus.Therefore, the PDCCH is used for transmitting a signal that permits datatransmission to uplink (hereinafter referred to as “uplink transmissionpermission signal” or “uplink grant”).

The physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is a channel used fortransmitting the downlink data (the downlink shared channel: the DL-SCH)or paging information (paging channel: PCH). The physical multicastchannel (PMCH) is a channel utilized for transmitting a multicastchannel (MCH), and a downlink reference signal, an uplink referencesignal, and a physical downlink synchronization signal are separatelydisposed.

The transmission of the downlink data (the DL-SCH) indicatestransmission of user data, for example, and the DL-SCH is a transportchannel. The DL-SCH supports HARQ and dynamic adaptive radio linkcontrol, and can utilize the beamforming. The DL-SCH supports dynamicresource allocation and quasi-static resource allocation.

The physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) is a channel mainly used fortransmitting the uplink data (the uplink shared channel: the UL-SCH). Ifthe base station apparatus schedules the mobile station apparatus,control data is also transmitted by using the PUSCH. This control dataincludes channel state information, for example, a downlink channelquality indicator (CQI), a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), a rankindicator (RI), and ACK/NACK of HARQ for downlink transmission (downlinktransport blocks).

The transmission of the uplink data (the UL-SCH) indicates transmissionof user data, for example, and the UL-SCH is a transport channel. TheUL-SCH supports HARQ and dynamic adaptive radio link control, and canutilize the beamforming. The UL-SCH supports dynamic resource allocationand quasi-static resource allocation.

The uplink data (the UL-SCH) and the downlink data (the DL-SCH) mayinclude radio resource control signals exchanged between the basestation apparatus and the mobile station apparatus (hereinafter referredto as “RRC signaling: Radio Resource Control Signaling”), MAC (MediumAccess Control) control elements, etc.

The physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is a channel used fortransmitting the control data. The control data includes, for example,the channel state information (CQI, PMI, RI) transmitted (fed back) fromthe mobile station apparatus to the base station apparatus, a schedulingrequest (SR) that requests resource allocation for transmission of theuplink data by the mobile station apparatus (or that requeststransmission through the UL-SCH), and ACK/NACK of HARQ for the downlinktransmission (the downlink transport blocks).

The physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH) is a channelutilized for notifying the mobile station apparatus of the number ofOFDM symbols used for the PDCCH and is transmitted in sub-frames. Thephysical hybrid ARQ indicator channel (PHICH) is a channel utilized fortransmitting ACK/NACK used for HARQ of the uplink data. The physicalrandom access channel (PRACH) is a channel used for transmitting arandom access preamble and has a guard time. As depicted in FIG. 1, amobile communication system according to this embodiment is made up of abase station apparatus 100 and mobile station apparatuses 200.

[Configuration of Base Station Apparatus]

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a general configuration of the base stationapparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Thebase station apparatus 100 includes a data control portion 101, atransmission data modulating portion 102, a radio portion 103, ascheduling portion 104, a channel estimating portion 105, a receptiondata demodulating portion 106, a data extracting portion 107, a higherlayer 108, and an antenna 109. A receiving portion is made up of theradio portion 103, the scheduling portion 104, the channel estimatingportion 105, the reception data demodulating portion 106, the dataextracting portion 107, the higher layer 108, and the antenna 109, and atransmitting portion is made up of the data control portion 101, thetransmission data modulating portion 102, the radio portion 103, thescheduling portion 104, the higher layer 108, and the antenna 109.

The antenna 109, the radio portion 103, the channel estimating portion105, the reception data demodulating portion 106, and the dataextracting portion 107 execute processes of an uplink physical layer.The antenna 109, the radio portion 103, the transmission data modulatingportion 102, and the data control portion 101 execute processes of adownlink physical layer.

The data control portion 101 receives the transport channels from thescheduling portion 104. The data control portion 101 maps the transportchannels as well as signals and channels generated in the physical layerto the physical channels based on the scheduling information input fromthe scheduling portion 104. The data mapped as described above areoutput to the transmission data modulating portion 102.

The transmission data modulating portion 102 modulates transmission datainto the OFDM mode. The transmission data modulating portion 102executes signal processes such as data modulation, encoding, inputsignal serial/parallel conversion, the IFFT (Inverse Fast FourierTransform) process, CP (cyclic prefix) insertion, and filtering for datainput from the data control portion 101 to generate and outputtransmission data to the radio portion 103 based on the schedulinginformation from the scheduling portion 104 and a modulation mode and acoding mode corresponding to PRBs. The scheduling information includesdownlink physical resource block PRB allocation information, forexample, physical resource block position information made up offrequency and time, and the modulating scheme and the coding schemecorresponding to PRBs include information such as a modulating scheme:16 QAM and a coding rate: 2/3 coding rate, for example.

The radio portion 103 up-converts the modulated data input from thetransmission data modulating portion 102 to a radio frequency togenerate and transmit a radio signal via the antenna 109 to the mobilestation apparatus 200. The radio portion 103 receives an uplink radiosignal from the mobile station apparatus 200 via the antenna 109 anddown-converts the signal to a baseband signal to output the receptiondata to the channel estimating portion 105 and the reception datademodulating portion 106.

The scheduling portion 104 executes a process of a medium access control(MAC) layer. The scheduling portion 104 performs the mapping of thelogical channels and the transport channels, the scheduling of downlinkand uplink (such as HARQ process and selection of transport format),etc. Since the scheduling portion 104 integrally controls the processingportions of the physical layers, interfaces exist between the schedulingportion 104 and the antenna 109, the radio portion 103, the channelestimating portion 105, the reception data demodulating portion 106, thedata control portion 101, the transmission data modulating portion 102,and the data extracting portion 107 (although not depicted).

In the downlink scheduling, the scheduling portion 104 executes theselection process of a downlink transport format for modulating data(transmission form, i.e., allocation of physical resource blocks and amodulating scheme and a coding scheme), the retransmission control ofHARQ, and the generation of the scheduling information used in downlink,based on feedback information received from the mobile station apparatus200 (uplink channel state information (CQI, PMI, RI) and ACK/NACKinformation for downlink data), the information of usable PRB of themobile station apparatuses, a buffer status, the scheduling informationinput from the higher layer 108, etc. The scheduling information usedfor the downlink scheduling is output to the data control portion 101.

In the uplink scheduling, the scheduling portion 104 executes theselection process of an uplink transport format for modulating data(transmission form, i.e., allocation of physical resource blocks and amodulating scheme and a coding scheme) and the generation of thescheduling information used in the uplink scheduling, based on anestimation result of an uplink channel state (radio propagation channelstate) output by the channel estimating portion 105, a resourceallocation request from the mobile station apparatus 200, information ofusable PRB of the mobile station apparatuses 200, the schedulinginformation input from the higher layer 108, etc. The schedulinginformation used for the uplink scheduling is output to the data controlportion 101.

The scheduling portion 104 maps the downlink logical channels input fromthe higher layer 108 to the transport channels before output to the datacontrol portion 101. The scheduling portion 104 processes the controldata acquired through the uplink and the transport channels input fromthe data extracting portion 107 as needed and maps the control data andthe transport channels to the uplink logical channels before output tothe higher layer 108.

The channel estimating portion 105 estimates an uplink channel statefrom an uplink demodulation reference signal (DRS) for the demodulationof uplink data and outputs the estimation result to the reception datademodulating portion 106. The channel estimating portion 105 alsoestimates an uplink channel state from an uplink sounding referencesignal (SRS) for scheduling the uplink and outputs the estimation resultto the scheduling portion 104.

The reception data demodulating portion 106 also acts as an OFDMdemodulating portion and/or a DFT-Spread-OFDM (DFT-S-OFDM) demodulatingportion demodulating reception data modulated into the OFDM mode and/orSC-FDMA mode. Based on the uplink channel state estimation result inputfrom the channel estimating portion 105, the reception data demodulatingportion 106 executes signal processes such as DFT transform, sub-carriermapping, IFFT transform, and filtering for the modulated data input fromthe radio portion 103 to execute the demodulating process before outputto the data extracting portion 107.

The data extracting portion 107 confirms the correctness of the datainput from the reception data demodulating portion 106 and outputs theconfirmation result (acknowledgement signal ACK/negative acknowledgementsignal NACK) to the scheduling portion 104. The data extracting portion107 divides the data input from the reception data demodulating portion106 into the transport channels and the physical layer control databefore output to the scheduling portion 104. The divided control dataincludes the channel state information (CQI, PMI, RI) supplied from themobile station apparatus 200, the ACK/NACK information, a schedulingrequest, etc.

The higher layer 108 executes processes of a packet data convergenceprotocol (PDCP) layer, a radio link control (RLC) layer, and a radioresource control (RRC) layer. Since the higher layer 108 integrallycontrols the processing portions of the lower layers, interfaces existbetween the higher layer 108 and the scheduling portion 104, the antenna109, the radio portion 103, the channel estimating portion 105, thereception data demodulating portion 106, the data control portion 101,the transmission data modulating portion 102, and the data extractingportion 107 (although not depicted).

The higher layer 108 has a radio resource control portion 110 (alsoreferred to as a control portion). The radio resource control portion110 performs management of various pieces of configuration information,management of system information, paging control, management ofcommunication states of mobile station apparatuses, management ofmigration such as handover, management of buffer status for each mobilestation apparatus, management of connection setup of unicast andmulticast bearers, management of mobile station identifier (UEID), etc.The higher layer 108 gives/receives information to/from another basestation apparatus and information to/from a higher node.

Configuration of Mobile Station Apparatus]

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a general configuration of the mobilestation apparatus 200 according to an embodiment of the presentinvention. The mobile station apparatus 200 includes a data controlportion 201, a transmission data modulating portion 202, a radio portion203, a scheduling portion 204, a channel estimating portion 205, areception data demodulating portion 206, a data extracting portion 207,a higher layer 208, and an antenna 209. A transmitting portion is madeup of the data control portion 201, the transmission data modulatingportion 202, the radio portion 203, the scheduling portion 204, thehigher layer 208, and the antenna 209, and a receiving portion is madeup of the radio portion 203, the scheduling portion 204, the channelestimating portion 205, the reception data demodulating portion 206, thedata extracting portion 207, the higher layer 208, and the antenna 209.

The data control portion 201, the transmission data modulating portion202, and the radio portion 203 execute processes of the uplink physicallayer. The radio portion 203, the channel estimating portion 205, thereception data demodulating portion 206, and the data extracting portion207 execute processes of the downlink physical layer.

The data control portion 201 receives the transport channels from thescheduling portion 204. The data control portion 201 maps the transportchannels as well as signals and channels generated in the physical layerto the physical channels based on the scheduling information input fromthe scheduling portion 204. The data mapped as described above areoutput to the transmission data modulating portion 202.

The transmission data modulating portion 202 modulates transmission datainto the OFDM mode and/or the SC-FDMA mode. The transmission datamodulating portion 202 executes signal processes such as datamodulation, DFT (discrete Fourier transform) process, sub-carriermapping, IFFT (inverse fast Fourier transform) process, CP insertion,and filtering for the data input from the data control portion 201 togenerate and output transmission data to the radio portion 203.

The radio portion 203 up-converts the modulated data input from thetransmission data modulating portion 202 to a radio frequency togenerate and transmit a radio signal via the antenna 209 to the basestation apparatus 100. The radio portion 203 receives a radio signalmodulated with the downlink data from the base station apparatus 100 viathe antenna 209 and down-converts the signal to a baseband signal tooutput the reception data to the channel estimating portion 205 and thereception data demodulating portion 206.

The scheduling portion 204 executes a process of a medium access control(MAC) layer. The scheduling portion 104 performs the mapping of thelogical channels and the transport channels, the scheduling of downlinkand uplink (such as HARQ process and selection of transport format),etc. Since the scheduling portion 204 integrally controls the processingportions of the physical layers, interfaces exist between the schedulingportion 204 and the antenna 209, the data control portion 201, thetransmission data modulating portion 202, the channel estimating portion205, the reception data demodulating portion 206, the data extractingportion 207, and the radio portion 203 (although not depicted).

In the down link scheduling, the scheduling portion 204 executes thereception control of the transport channels and the physical signals andphysical channels, the HARQ retransmission control, and the generationof the scheduling information used in the downlink scheduling, based onthe scheduling information from the base station apparatus 100 and thehigher layer 208 (the transport format and the HARQ retransmissioninformation). The scheduling information used for the downlinkscheduling is output to the data control portion 201.

In the uplink scheduling, the scheduling portion 204 executes thescheduling process for mapping the uplink logical channels input fromthe higher layer 208 to the transport channels and the generation of thescheduling information used in the uplink scheduling, based on theuplink buffer status input from the higher layer 208, the uplinkscheduling information from the base station apparatus 100 input fromthe data extracting portion 207 (the transport format and the HARQretransmission information), and the scheduling information input fromthe higher layer 208. For the uplink transport format, the informationsupplied from the base station apparatus 100 is utilized. The schedulinginformation is output to the data control portion 201.

The scheduling portion 204 maps the uplink logical channels input fromthe higher layer 208 to the transport channels before output to the datacontrol portion 201. The scheduling portion 204 also outputs to the datacontrol portion 201 the downlink channel state information (CQI, PMI,RI) input from the channel estimating portion 205 and a confirmationresult of CRC check input from the data extracting portion 207. Thescheduling portion 204 processes the control data acquired through thedownlink and the transport channels input from the data extractingportion 207 as needed and maps the control data and the transportchannels to the downlink logical channels before output to the higherlayer 208.

The channel estimating portion 205 estimates a downlink channel statefrom a downlink reference signal (RS) for the demodulation of downlinkdata and outputs the estimation result to the reception datademodulating portion 206. The channel estimating portion 205 estimates adownlink channel state from a downlink reference signal (RS) fornotifying the base station apparatus 100 of an estimation result of adownlink channel state (radio propagation channel state) and convertsthis estimation result into the downlink channel state information (CQI,PMI, RI, etc) for the output to the scheduling portion 204.

The reception data demodulating portion 206 demodulates reception datademodulated into the OFDM mode. The reception data demodulating portion206 executes the demodulation process for the modulated data input fromthe radio portion 203 based on the downlink channel state estimationresult input from the channel estimating portion 205 before output tothe data extracting portion 207.

The data extracting portion 207 performs the CRC check for the datainput from the reception data demodulating portion 206 to confirm thecorrectness and outputs the confirmation result (acknowledgementACK/negative acknowledgement NACK) to the scheduling portion 204. Thedata extracting portion 207 divides the data input from the receptiondata demodulating portion 206 into the transport channels and thephysical layer control data before output to the scheduling portion 204.The divided control data includes the scheduling information such asdownlink or uplink resource allocation and uplink HARQ controlinformation.

The higher layer 208 executes processes of a packet data convergenceprotocol (PDCP) layer, a radio link control (RLC) layer, and a radioresource control (RRC) layer. Since the higher layer 208 integrallycontrols the processing portions of the lower layers, interfaces existbetween the higher layer 208 and the scheduling portion 204, the antenna209, the data control portion 201, the transmission data modulatingportion 202, the channel estimating portion 205, the reception datademodulating portion 206, the data extracting portion 207, and the radioportion 203 (although not depicted).

The higher layer 208 has a radio resource control portion 210 (alsoreferred to as a control portion). The radio resource control portion210 performs management of various pieces of configuration information,management of system information, paging control, management ofcommunication state of the mobile station, management of migration suchas handover, management of buffer status, management of connection setupof unicast and multicast bearers, and management of mobile stationidentifier (UEID).

First Embodiment

A first embodiment of the mobile communication system using the basestation apparatus 100 and the mobile station apparatus 200 will bedescribed. In the first embodiment, the base station apparatus: usingthe plurality of PDCCHs mapped on the single downlink carrier component,allocates the plurality of PDSCHs mapped on the carrier component onwhich the plurality of PDCCHs are mapped or another carrier componentthat is different from the carrier component on which the plurality ofPDCCHs are mapped; and, using the plurality of PDSCHs allocated,transmits, to the mobile station apparatus, the plurality of downlinktransport blocks in one same sub frame. The mobile station apparatus:bundles, or multiplexes (using a plurality of bits) the control signalof HARQ for the plurality of PDCCHs and/or the plurality of downlinktransport blocks in a single uplink carrier component that correspondsto the single downlink carrier component; and transmits, to the basestation apparatus, the control signal. The base station apparatusreceives, from the mobile station apparatus, the control signal of HARQfor the plurality of PDCCHs and/or the plurality of downlink transportblocks, bundled or multiplexed in the single uplink carrier componentthat corresponds to the single downlink carrier component on which theplurality of PDCCHs are mapped.

The “control signal (control information) of HARQ transmitted by themobile station apparatus to the base station apparatus” is a signal(information) that indicates ACK/NACK for the PDCCH and/or the downlinktransport blocks, and/or a signal (information) that indicates the DTX.The signal indicative of DTX is a signal (information) that indicatesthat the mobile station apparatus fails to detect the PDCCH from thebase station apparatus.

Although a frequency band is defined in bandwidth (Hz) in the firstembodiment, a frequency band may be defined in the number of resourceblocks (RBs) constituted of frequency and time. The carrier component inthis embodiment indicates a (narrower) frequency band used by the basestation apparatus and the mobile station apparatus performingcommunication in the mobile communication system having a (wider) systemband (frequency band). The base station apparatus and the mobile stationapparatus aggregate the plurality of carrier components (e.g., fivefrequency bands each having a bandwidth of 20 MHz) (frequency bandaggregation: referred to also as Spectrum aggregation, Carrieraggregation, Frequency aggregation, etc.) to constitute a (wider) systemband (e.g., DL/UL system band having a bandwidth of 100 MHz) and canrealize high-speed data communication (transmission/reception ofinformation) by using the plurality of carrier components in a multiplemanner.

The carrier component indicates each of (narrower) frequency bands(e.g., frequency bands each having a bandwidth of 20 MHz) constitutethis (wider) system band (e.g., DL/UL system band having a bandwidth of100 MHz). Therefore, a downlink carrier component has a bandwidth of aportion of the frequency band usable by the base station apparatus andthe mobile station apparatus at the time of transmission/reception ofdownlink information, and an uplink carrier component has a bandwidth ofa portion of the frequency band usable by the base station apparatus andthe mobile station apparatus at the time of transmission/reception ofuplink information. The carrier component may be defined as aconstituent unit of a certain physical channel (e.g., the PDCCH, thePUCCH).

Here, the carrier components may be mapped in continuous frequency bandsor may be mapped in discontinuous frequency bands so that a wider systemband can be constituted by aggregating the plurality of carriercomponents that are continuous and/or discontinuous frequency bands. Adownlink frequency band (DL system band, DL system bandwidth) and anuplink frequency band (UL system band, UL system bandwidth) constitutedof the carrier components may not be of the same bandwidth. Even thoughthe DL system band and the UL system band have different bandwidths, thebase station apparatus and the mobile station apparatus can performcommunication by using those frequency bands (asymmetric frequency bandaggregation described above: asymmetric carrier aggregation).

FIG. 4 is a diagram of an example of a mobile communication system thatthe first embodiment is applicable with. FIG. 4 depicts the state as anexample for explaining the first embodiment where a frequency bandhaving a bandwidth of 100 MHz and used in downlink communicationincludes five downlink carrier components (DCC1, DCC2, DCC3, DCC4, andDCC5) each having a bandwidth of 20 MHz. FIG. 4 also depicts the statewhere a frequency band having a bandwidth of 100 MHz and used in uplinkcommunication includes five uplink carrier components (UCC1, UCC2, UCC3,UCC4, and UCC5) each having a bandwidth of 20 MHz. In FIG. 4, thedownlink/uplink channels are mapped on each of the downlink/uplinkcarrier components. In FIG. 4, there may be downlink or uplink carriercomponent(s) on which any one of the downlink or uplink channels such asthe PDCCH, the PDSCH, the PUCCH, or the PUSCH is not mapped.

In FIG. 4, the base station apparatus is able to allocate the pluralityof PDSCHs using the plurality of PDCCHs mapped on the single downlinkcarrier component. FIG. 4 depicts the state as an example where the basestation apparatus allocates the PDSCHs mapped on DCC1, DCC2, and DCC4using the three PDCCHs mapped on DCC3 (the PDCCHs each indicated byslant lines, grid lines, or net lines) (allocates the PDSCH mapped onDCC1 using the PDCCH indicated by the slant lines, the PDSCH mapped onDCC2 using the PDCCH indicated by the grid lines, and the PDSCH mappedon DCC4 using the PDCCH indicated by the net lines). The base stationapparatus is able to transmit to the mobile station apparatus (at mostup to three) downlink transport block(s) in one same sub frame using thePDSCHs mapped on DCC1, DCC2, and DCC4.

A method of explicitly allocating the plurality of PDSCHs bytransmitting to the mobile station apparatus the plurality of PDCCHsincluding information for indicating a component carrier indicator ineach of the plurality of PDCCHs or a method of implicitly allocating theplurality of PDSCHs by allocating the plurality of PDSCHs correspondingto the positions to map the plurality of PDCCHs on the single downlinkcarrier component is employed as the method for the base stationapparatus to allocate the plurality of PDSCHs using the plurality ofPDCCHs mapped on the single downlink carrier component.

According to the explicit method, the base station apparatus is able totransmit to the mobile station apparatus the plurality of PDCCHsincluding in each of the plurality of PDCCHs the information indicatingthe component carrier indicator that indicates which PDSCH is allocatedby the PDCCH. For example, in FIG. 4, the base station apparatustransmits to the mobile station apparatus: the PDCCH indicated by theslant lines including in this PDCCH the information indicating thecomponent carrier indicator that indicates that the PDSCH of DCC1 isallocated; the PDCCH indicated by the grid lines including using thisPDCCH the information indicating the component carrier indicator thatindicates that the PDSCH of DCC2 is allocated; and the PDCCH indicatedby the net lines including using this PDCCH the information indicatingthe component carrier indicator that indicates that the PDSCH of DCC4 isallocated.

According to the implicit method, when the base station apparatus mapsthe PDCCHs on the single downlink carrier component, the base stationapparatus is able to map the PDCCHs associated with the PDSCHs to beallocated by the PDCCHs and transmit the PDCCHs to the mobile stationapparatus. For example, in FIG. 4, the base station apparatus maps onthe single downlink carrier component the PDCCH indicated by the slantlines associated with the PDSCH of DCC1, maps on the single downlinkcarrier component the PDCCH indicated by the grid lines associated withthe PDSCH of DCC2, and maps on the single downlink carrier component thePDCCH indicated by the net lines associated with the PDSCH of DCC4, andtransmits these PDCCHs to the mobile station apparatus. For example, themobile station apparatus is able to associate the order of detecting thePDCCHs mapped on the single downlink carrier component with the PDCCHsto be allocated by the PDCCHs, and the PDSCH of DCC1 is allocated by thePDCCH first detected; the PDSCH of DCC2 is allocated by the PDCCHdetected next thereby the PDSCH of DCC3 is allocated by the PDCCHdetected next thereby the PDSCH of DCC4 is allocated by the PDCCHdetected next thereby and the PDSCH of DCC5 is allocated by the PDCCHdetected next thereby.

The mobile station apparatus is able to bundle or multiplex the controlsignal of HARQ for the plurality of PDCCHs and/or the plurality ofdownlink transport blocks from the base station apparatus, in the singleuplink carrier component that corresponds to the single downlink carriercomponent on which the plurality of PDCCHs are mapped, and transmit thecontrol signal to the base station apparatus. FIG. 4 depicts the stateas an example where the mobile station apparatus bundles or multiplexesin UCC3 corresponding to DCC3 the control signal of HARQ for theplurality of PDCCHs transmitted using DCC3 and/or the downlink transportblocks transmitted using the PDSCHs of DCC1, DCC2, and DCC4; andtransmits the control signal to the base station apparatus using thePUCCH of UCC3.

The expression “the mobile station apparatus bundles the control signalof HARQ and transmits the control signal to the base station apparatus”used herein refers to the operation that the mobile station apparatuscalculates (generates) one control signal (control information) of HARQfrom a control signal (control information) of HARQ for each of theplurality of PDSCHs and/or the plurality of downlink transport blocks,and transmits to the base station apparatus one control signal (controlinformation) of HARQ calculated. For example, the mobile stationapparatus calculates a logical sum of control signals each indicatingACK/NACK of HARQ (control signal of HARQ) for each of the plurality ofdownlink transport blocks and, thereby, is able to transmit to the basestation apparatus the logical sum as one control signal indicatingACK/NACK (the control signal of HARQ). In FIG. 4, the mobile stationapparatus: calculates the logical sum of the control signals eachindicating ACK/NACK of HARQ (the control signal of HARQ) for each of thedownlink transport blocks transmitted from the base station apparatus inone same sub frame using the PDSCHs of DCC1, DCC2, and DCC4; andtransmits to the base station apparatus the logical sum as the onecontrol signal indicating ACK/NACK (the control signal of HARQ).

The expression “the mobile station apparatus multiplexes the controlsignal of HARQ and transmits the control signal to the base stationapparatus” used herein refers to the operation that the mobile stationapparatus: uses and expresses the plurality of control signals (thepieces of control information) that are less than the signals (pieces ofinformation) necessary for expressing all combinations from the controlsignal (control information) of HARQ for each of the plurality of PDCCHsand/or the plurality of downlink transport blocks; and transmits thecontrol signal to the base station apparatus. For example, the mobilestation apparatus is able to express using a plurality of bits thecontrol signal indicating ACK/NACK of HARQ (the control signal of HARQ)for each of the plurality of downlink transport blocks; and transmit thecontrol signal to the base station apparatus. In FIG. 4, the mobilestation apparatus expresses using the plurality of bits the controlsignal indicating ACK/NACK of HARQ (the control signal of HARQ) for eachof the downlink transport blocks transmitted from the base stationapparatus in the same sub frame using the PDSCHs of DCC1, DCC2, andDCC4; and transmits the control signal to the base station apparatus.

In this case, the mobile station apparatus executes the bundling or themultiplexing of the control signal of HARQ, in the single uplink carriercomponent that corresponds to the single downlink carrier component onwhich the plurality of PDCCHs are mapped. FIG. 4 depicts the state wherethe mobile station apparatus executes the bundling or the multiplexingof the control signal of HARQ, in UCC3 that corresponds to DCC3 on whichthe plurality of PDCCHs are mapped.

The base station apparatus is able to set specifically to the cell thecorrespondence between the single downlink carrier component on whichthe plurality of PDCCHs are mapped and the single uplink carriercomponent, by broadcast information broadcasted on each of the downlinkcarrier components (using the physical broadcast channel). The basestation apparatus is able to set specifically to the mobile stationapparatus the correspondence between the single downlink carriercomponent on which the plurality of PDCCHs are mapped and the singleuplink carrier component, by a radio resource control signal transmittedfor each mobile station apparatus (hereinafter, referred to as “RRCsignaling”). The base station apparatus is able to set specifically tothe cell or specifically to the mobile station apparatus the singledownlink carrier component on which the plurality of PDCCHs are mapped,by using the physical broadcast channel or the RRC signaling. The basestation apparatus is further able to set in the mobile station apparatusspecifically to the cell or specifically to the mobile station apparatusthe single uplink carrier component for the mobile station apparatus totransmit the control signal of HARQ, by using the physical broadcastchannel or the RRC signaling.

The base station apparatus is able to indicate the resources of thePUCCH (a PUCCH resource area) for the mobile station apparatus totransmit the control signal of HARQ, by the broadcast informationbroadcasted on each of the downlink carrier components (using thephysical broadcast channel). The base station apparatus is able toindicate the resources of the PUCCH (the PUCCH resource area) for themobile station apparatus to transmit the control signal of HARQ by theRRC signaling transmitted to each of the mobile station apparatuses.

The base station apparatus is able to designate in which area of thePUCCH resource area the mobile station apparatus maps the control signalof HARQ and transmits the control signal (which area in the PUCCHresource area the mobile station apparatus uses to transmit the controlsignal of HARQ) based on the position of the PDCCH mapped on the singledownlink carrier component in the PDCCH resource (the PDCCH resourcearea). The mobile station apparatus is able to transmit to the basestation apparatus the control signal of HARQ mapped on the PUCCH in thePUCCH resource area set based on the physical broadcast channel or theRRC signaling, corresponding to how the plurality of PDCCHs mapped onthe single downlink carrier component are set in the PDCCH resource (thePDCCH resource area). In this case, the correspondence between theplurality of PDCCHs mapped on the single downlink carrier component andeach of the PUCCHs is specified by, for example, making the first CCEindex of the CCE constituting each of the PDCCHs and the index of eachof the PUCCHs correspond.

FIG. 4 depicts the state where the base station apparatus makes thesingle downlink carrier component (DCC3) on which the plurality ofPDCCHs are mapped and the single uplink carrier component (UCC3)correspond, using the physical broadcast channel or the RRC signaling.FIG. 4 also depicts the state where the base station apparatusdesignates the PUCCH resource (the PUCCH resource area) of UCC3 for themobile station apparatus to transmit the control signal of HARQ, usingthe physical broadcast channel or the RRC signaling. FIG. 4 furtherdepicts the state where the mobile station apparatus transmits to thebase station apparatus the control signal of HARQ mapped on the PUCCHs(the PUCCHs indicated by slant lines, grid lines, and net lines) in thePUCCH resource area, corresponding to the positions in the PDCCHresource area of the plurality of PDCCHs (the PDCCHs indicated by theslant lines, the grid lines, and the net lines) mapped on DCC3 (in FIG.4, as an example, the first CCE index of the CCE constituting the PDCCHindicated by the slant lines corresponds to the index of the PUCCHindicated by the slant lines, the first CCE index of the CCEconstituting the PDCCH indicated by the grid lines corresponds to theindex of the PUCCH indicated by the grid lines, and the first CCE indexof the CCE constituting the PDCCH indicated by the net lines correspondsto the index of the PUCCH indicated by the net lines).

When the mobile station apparatus bundles the control signal of HARQ andtransmits the bundled control signal to the base station apparatus, themobile station apparatus transmits the bundled control signal to thebase station apparatus as one-bit information, for example, (forexample, information indicating ACK or NACK) using any one PUCCH of theplurality of PUCCHs designated by the plurality of PDCCHs mapped on thesingle downlink carrier component (the positions of the plurality ofPDCCHs in the PDCCH resource area) (Two-bit information is transmittedfor MIMO transmission). In this case, the mobile station apparatus isable to transmit the bundled control signal to the base stationapparatus further including several-bit information in the bundledcontrol signal base on which PUCCH's area is used in the areas that areavailable for mapping the PUCCH designated corresponding to thepositions of the plurality of PDCCHs and the number of PDCCHs detected.For example, in FIG. 4, the mobile station apparatus uses areas of thethree PUCCHs that correspond to the three PDCCHs mapped on the singledownlink carrier component (DCC3) and executes selection of the areas ofthe three PUCCHs and, thereby, is able to transmit to the base stationapparatus a total of six kinds of information. As depicted in FIG. 4,the three PUCCHs corresponding to the three PDCCHs mapped on the singleuplink carrier component (UCC3) and the mobile station apparatus is ableto transmit to the base station apparatus the total of six kinds ofinformation using the single uplink carrier component (UCC3) thatcorresponds to the single downlink carrier component (DCC3).

As above, the mobile station apparatus bundles the control signal ofHARQ and transmits the bundled control signal to the base stationapparatus using any one PUCCH of the plurality of PUCCHs that correspondto the plurality of PDCCHs. In this case, the mobile station apparatusis able to transmit to the base station apparatus the bundled controlsignal of HARQ using the PUCCH that corresponds to a specific PDCCH ofthe plurality of PDCCHs mapped on the single downlink carrier component.The mobile station apparatus transmits the bundled control signal ofHARQ using the PUCCH that corresponds to the specific PDCCH and,thereby, the base station apparatus is able to detect up to which PDCCHthe mobile station apparatus is successfully receives (detects) from theplurality of PDCCHs mapped on the single downlink carrier component,based on the PUCCH on which the control signal of HARQ is mapped (thePUCCH on which the control signal of HARQ is mapped by the mobilestation apparatus).

For example, the mobile station apparatus transmits to the base stationapparatus the control signal of HARQ using the PUCCH that corresponds tothe PDCCH finally detected of the plurality of PDCCHs, and thereby thebase station apparatus is able to detect up to which PDCCH the mobilestation apparatus is successfully receives (detects) based on the PUCCHson which the control signal of HARQ is mapped. In this case, the orderfor the mobile station apparatus to search the plurality of PDCCHs isspecified.

For example, in FIG. 4, the mobile station apparatus is able to detectthe plurality of PDCCHs (the PDCCHs indicated by the slant lines, thegrid lines, and the net lines) mapped on the single downlink carriercomponent (DCC3) in the direction for the CCE index to be increased, andtransmit to the base station apparatus the bundled control signal ofHARQ using the PUCCH that corresponds to the PDCCH finally detected. Themobile station apparatus detects the PDCCHs in order of the PDCCHindicated by the slant lines, the PDCCH indicated by the grid lines andthe PDCCH indicated by the net lines as the direction for the CCE indexto be increased, and transmits to the base station apparatus the bundledcontrol signal of HARQ using the PUCCH indicated by the net lines thatcorresponds to the PDCCH indicated by the net lines finally detected.Thereby, the base station apparatus is able to detect that the mobilestation apparatus successfully receives (detects) up to the PDCCHindicated by the net lines (The base station apparatus is able to detectthat the mobile station apparatus is successfully receives (detects) upto the PDCCH indicated by the net lines based on the fact that themobile station apparatus transmits the control signal of HARQ using thePUCCH indicated by the net lines).

According to another method, the mobile station apparatus transmits tothe base station apparatus the control signal of HARQ using the PUCCHthat corresponds to a specific CCE index of the plurality of PDCCHsdetected on the single downlink carrier component and, thereby, the basestation apparatus is able to detect up to which PDCCH the mobile stationapparatus successfully receives (detects) based on the PUCCH on whichthe control signal of HARQ is mapped (the PUCCH on which the controlsignal of HARQ is mapped by the mobile station apparatus).

For example, in FIG. 4, the mobile station apparatus detects inarbitrary order the plurality of PDCCHs (the PDCCHs indicated by theslant lines, grid lines, and the net lines) mapped on the singledownlink carrier component (DCC3), and transmits to the base stationapparatus the bundled control signal of HARQ using the PUCCH thatcorresponds to the PDCCH having the largest (or the smallest) CCE indexof the CCEs constituting the PDCCH detected. The mobile stationapparatus detects in arbitrary order the PDCCH indicated by the slantlines, the PDCCH indicated by the grid lines, and the PDCCH indicated bythe net lines. When the CCE index constituting the PDCCH indicated bythe net lines is the largest (or the smallest), the mobile stationapparatus transmits to the base station apparatus the control signal ofHARQ using the PUCCH indicated by the net lines. The base stationapparatus is able to detect that the mobile station apparatussuccessfully receives (detects) up to the PDCCH indicated by the netlines, based on the fact that the mobile station apparatus transmits thecontrol signal of HARQ using the PUCCH indicated by the net lines.

According to a yet another method, the mobile station apparatustransmits to the base station apparatus the control signal of HARQ usinga specific PUCCH of the plurality of PUCCHs, that correspond to theplurality of PDCCHs, mapped on the single uplink carrier component, andthereby the base station apparatus is able to detect up to which PDCCHthe mobile station apparatus successfully receives (detects).

For example, in FIG. 4, the mobile station apparatus transmits to thebase station apparatus the control signal of HARQ using the PUCCHindicated by the net lines whose index is the largest (or the smallest)of the plurality of PUCCHs (the PUCCHs indicated by the slant lines, thegrid lines, and the net lines) mapped on the single uplink carriercomponent. The base station apparatus is able to detect that the mobilestation apparatus successfully receives (detects) up to the PDCCHindicated by the net lines based on the fact that the mobile stationapparatus transmits the control signal of HARQ using the PUCCH indicatedby the net lines.

The mobile station apparatus transmits the bundled control signal ofHARQ as above, and thereby the base station apparatus and the mobilestation apparatus are able to transmit and receive the control signal ofHARQ and/or such signal (pieces of information) each indicating up towhich PDCCH the mobile station apparatus successfully receives(detects), for example, such a signal as (ACK: PDCCHs up to the PDCCHindicated by the slant lines are received), (NACK: PDCCHs up to thePDCCH indicated by the slant lines are received), (ACK: PDCCHs up to thePDCCH indicated by the grid lines are received), (NACK: PDCCHs up to thePDCCH indicated by the grid lines are received), (ACK: PDCCHs up to thePDCCH indicated by the net lines are received), and (NACK: PDCCHs up tothe PDCCH indicated by the net lines are received). In this case, whenthe mobile station apparatus detects the DTX for at least one PDCCH ofthe plurality of PDCCHs, the mobile station apparatus is able totransmit a signal indicating NACK to the base station apparatus.

When the mobile station apparatus multiplexes the control signal of HARQand transmits the control signal multiplexed to the base stationapparatus, the mobile station apparatus is able to transmit to the basestation apparatus, for example, one-bit or two-bit information using onePUCCH according to a format set in advance. In this case, the mobilestation apparatus is able to transmit the control signal multiplexed tothe base station apparatus including further several-bit information inthe control signal multiplexed depending on which PUCCH's area is usedof the areas available for mapping the PUCCHs designated correspondingto the positions of the plurality of PDCCHs detected and the number ofthe PDCCHs. For example, in FIG. 4, when the mobile station apparatus isable to transmit two-bit information using each of the three PUCCHs thatcorrespond to the three PDCCHs mapped on the single downlink carriercomponent (DCC3), the mobile station apparatus is able to transmit tothe base station apparatus a total of 12 kinds of information by furtherselecting those three PUCCHs. In this case, as depicted in FIG. 4, thethree PUCCHs corresponding to the three PUCCHs are mapped on the singleuplink carrier component (UUC3) and the mobile station apparatus is ableto transmit to the base station apparatus a total of 12 kinds ofinformation using the single uplink carrier component (UUC3) thatcorresponds to the single downlink carrier component (DCC3).

The mobile station apparatus transmits as above the multiplexed controlsignal of HARQ, and thereby the base station apparatus and the mobilestation apparatus are able to transmit and receive such signal (piecesof information) mapped in advance as the control signal of HARQ as, forexample, (ACK, ACK, ACK), (ACK, ACK, NACK), (ACK, ACK, DTX), (ACK, NACK,ACK), (ACK, NACK, NACK), (ACK, NACK, DTX), (NACK, NACK, ACK), (NACK,NACK, NACK), (NACK, NACK, DTX), (ACK, DTX, ACK), (ACK, DTX, NACK), and(ACK, DTX, DTX). In this case, when the combinations of ACK, NACK,and/or DTX are larger than the amount of information transmittable usingthe plurality of PUCCHs (for example, when the amount of informationtransmittable using the plurality of PUCCHs is 12 kinds while the amountof information is 27 kinds acquired by combining ACK, NACK, and/or DTX),the mobile station apparatus is able to transmit combinations of NACKand DTX. (For example, the base station apparatus and the mobile stationapparatus are able to transmit and receive signal such as (ACK, ACK,NACK/DTX)).

FIG. 5 is a diagram of another example of the mobile communicationsystem that the first embodiment is applicable to. FIG. 5 depicts thestate as an example for explaining the first embodiment where afrequency band having a bandwidth of 100 MHz and used in the downlinkcommunication includes five downlink carrier components (DCC1, DCC2,DCC3, DCC4, and DCC5) each having a bandwidth of 20 MHz. FIG. 5 alsodepicts the state where a frequency band having a bandwidth of 40 MHzand used in the uplink communication includes two uplink carriercomponents (UCC1 and UCC2) each having a bandwidth of 20 MHz. In FIG. 5,the downlink/uplink channels are mapped on each of the downlink/uplinkcarrier components. In FIG. 5, there may be downlink/uplink carriercomponent(s) on which any one of downlink/uplink channels such as thePDCCH, the PDSCH, the PUCCH, and the PUSCH is not mapped.

In FIG. 5, the base station apparatus is able to allocate the pluralityof PDSCHs using the plurality of PDCCHs mapped on the single downlinkcarrier component. FIG. 5 depicts the state as an example where the basestation apparatus allocates the PDSCHs mapped on DCC1, DCC2, and DCC4using the three PDCCHs (the PDCCHs indicated by the slant lines, thegrid lines, and the net lines) mapped on DCC3. The base stationapparatus is able to transmit to the mobile station apparatus (up tothree) downlink transport block(s) in one same sub frame using thePDSCHs mapped on DCC1, DCC2, and DCC4. The explicit allocation method orthe implicit allocation method as above may be used as the method forthe base station apparatus to allocate the plurality of PDSCHs using theplurality of PDCCHs mapped on the single downlink carrier component.

The mobile station apparatus is able to bundle or multiplex the controlsignal of HARQ for the plurality of PDCCHs and/or the plurality ofdownlink transport blocks, in the single uplink carrier component thatcorresponds to the single downlink carrier component on which theplurality of PDCCHs are mapped, and transmit the control signal bundledor multiplexed to the base station apparatus. The above method may beused as the method for the mobile station apparatus to bundle ormultiplex the control signal of HARQ and transmit the bundled ormultiplexed control signal to the base station apparatus. FIG. 5 depictsthe state as an example where the mobile station apparatus bundles ormultiplexes the control signal of HARQ for the plurality of PDCCHstransmitted using DCC3 and/or the downlink transport blocks transmittedusing the PDSCHs of DCC1, DCC2, and DCC4, in UCC1 that corresponds toDCC3, and transmits the control signal bundled or multiplexed to thebase station apparatus.

As above, the base station apparatus is able to set specifically to thecell or specifically to the mobile station apparatus the correspondencebetween the single downlink carrier component on which the plurality ofPDCCHs are mapped and the single uplink carrier component, using thephysical broadcast channel or the RRC signaling. FIG. 5 depicts thestate where the base station apparatus sets for the mobile stationapparatus the correspondence between DCC3 and UCC1 using the physicalbroadcast channel or the RRC signaling. The base station apparatus isable to set specifically to the cell or specifically to the mobilestation apparatus the single downlink carrier component on which theplurality of PDCCHs are mapped, using the physical broadcast channel orthe RRC signaling. The base station apparatus is further able to setspecifically to the cell or specifically to the mobile station apparatusthe single uplink carrier component for the mobile station apparatus totransmit the control signal of HARQ, using the physical broadcastchannel or the RRC signaling.

As above, in the first embodiment, the base station apparatus allocatesthe plurality of PDSCHs using the plurality of PDCCHs mapped on thesingle downlink carrier component, and transmits to the mobile stationapparatus the plurality of downlink transport blocks in one same subframe using the plurality of PDSCHs allocated. The mobile stationapparatus bundles or multiplexes the control signal of HARQ for theplurality of PDCCHs and/or the plurality of downlink transport blocks inthe single uplink carrier component that corresponds to the singledownlink carrier component on which the plurality of PDCCHs are mapped,and transmits the control signal bundled or multiplexed to the basestation apparatus. The base station apparatus receives from the mobilestation apparatus the control signal of HARQ bundled or multiplexed inthe single uplink carrier component that corresponds to the singledownlink carrier component on which the plurality of PDCCHs are mapped.

The base station apparatus and the mobile station apparatus transmit andreceive the control signal of HARQ in this manner, and thereby themobile station apparatus is able to transmit the control signal of HARQon the single uplink carrier component that corresponds to the singledownlink carrier component on which the plurality of PDCCHs are mappedand, thereby, the transmission power for transmission of the controlsignal of HARQ is able to be suppressed to a small value. The basestation apparatus is able to designate the resources of the PUCCH forthe mobile station apparatus to map the control signal of HARQ based onthe position in the PDCCH resource area of each of the plurality ofPDCCHs mapped on the single downlink carrier component, and therebyefficient allocation is enabled. When the mobile station apparatusbundles the control signal of HARQ and transmits the control signalbundled to the base station apparatus, the mobile station apparatustransmits the control signal of HARQ to the base station apparatus usingthe specific PUCCH, and thereby the base station apparatus is able todetect up to which PDCCH the mobile station apparatus successfullyreceives (detects).

Second Embodiment

A second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In thesecond embodiment, the base station apparatus allocates the PDSCHsmapped on the carrier component on which the plurality of PDCCHs aremapped or another carrier component different from the carrier componenton which the plurality of PDCCHs are mapped, using the plurality ofphysical downlink control channels mapped on the single or the pluralityof downlink carrier component(s) and transmits to the mobile stationapparatus the plurality of downlink transport blocks in one same subframe using the plurality of PDSCHs allocated. The mobile stationapparatus bundles or multiplexes for each downlink carrier component onwhich the plurality of PDCCHs are mapped, the control signal of HARQ forthe plurality of physical downlink control channels and/or the pluralityof downlink transport blocks and transmits the control signal bundled ormultiplexed to the base station apparatus. The base station apparatusreceives from the mobile station apparatus the control signal of HARQbundled or multiplexed for each downlink carrier component on which theplurality of PDCCHs are mapped.

The “control signal (control information) of HARQ transmitted by themobile station apparatus to the base station apparatus” used hereinrefers to a signal (information) indicating ACK/NACK and/or a signal(information) indicating DTX for the PDCCH and/or the downlink transportblock. The signal indicative of “DTX” refers to a signal (information)that indicates that the mobile station apparatus fails to detect thePDCCH from the base station apparatus. The same method as any of thosedescribed in the first embodiment is usable as the method for the mobilestation apparatus to bundle or multiplex the control signal of HARQ andtransmit the control signal bundled or multiplexed to the base stationapparatus.

FIG. 6 is a diagram of an example of a mobile communication system thatthe second embodiment is applicable to. FIG. 6 depicts the case as anexample for explaining the second embodiment where a frequency bandhaving a bandwidth of 100 MHz and used in the downlink communicationincludes five downlink carrier components (DCC1, DCC2, DCC3, DCC4, andDCC5) each having a bandwidth of 20 MHz. FIG. 6 also depicts the statewhere a frequency band having a bandwidth of 100 MHz and used in theuplink communication includes five uplink carrier components (UCC1,UCC2, UUC3, UCC4, and UCC5) each having a bandwidth of 20 MHz. In FIG.6, the downlink/uplink channels are mapped on each of thedownlink/uplink carrier components. In FIG. 6, there may bedownlink/uplink carrier component(s) on which any one of downlink/uplinkchannels such as the PDCCH, the PDSCH, the PUCCH, and the PUSCH is notmapped.

In FIG. 6, the base station apparatus is able to allocate the pluralityof PDCCHs using the plurality of PDCCHs mapped on the single or theplurality of downlink carrier component(s). FIG. 6 depicts the state asan example where base station apparatus allocates the PDCCHs mapped onDCC1, DCC2, and DCC3 using the three PDCCHs mapped on DCC2 (the PDCCHseach indicated by slant lines, grid lines, or net lines) (allocates thePDSCH mapped on DCC1 using the PDCCH indicated by the slant lines, thePDSCH mapped on DCC2 using the PDCCH indicated by the grid lines, andthe PDSCH mapped on DCC3 using the PDCCH indicated by the net lines).FIG. 6 also depicts the state where the base station apparatus allocatesthe PDCCHs mapped on DCC4 and DCC5 using the two PDCCHs mapped on DCC4(the PDCCHs indicated by the horizontal lines and a dotted pattern)(allocates the PDSCH mapped on DCC4 using the PDCCH indicated by thehorizontal lines and the PDSCH mapped on DCC5 using the PDCCH indicatedby the dotted pattern). The base station apparatus is able to transmitto the mobile station apparatus (at most five) downlink transportblock(s) in one same sub frame using the PDSCHs mapped on DCC1, DCC2,DCC3, DCC4, and DCC5. The explicit allocation method or the implicitallocation method as described in the first embodiment may be used asthe method for the base station apparatus to allocate the plurality ofPDSCHs using the plurality of PDCCHs mapped on the single or theplurality of downlink carrier components.

The mobile station apparatus is able to bundle or multiplex for each ofthe downlink carrier components on which the plurality of PDCCHs aremapped, the control signal of HARQ for the plurality of PDCCHs and/orthe plurality of downlink transport blocks; and transmit the controlsignal bundled or multiplexed to the base station apparatus. FIG. 6depicts the state as an example where the mobile station apparatusbundles or multiplexes in UCC2 that corresponds to DCC2 the controlsignal of HARQ for the plurality of PDCCHs transmitted using DCC2 and/orthe downlink transport blocks transmitted using the PDSCHs of DCC1,DCC2, and DCC3, and transmits the control signal bundled or multiplexedto the base station apparatus using the PUCCH of UCC2. FIG. 6 alsodepicts the state where the mobile station apparatus bundles ormultiplexes in UCC4 that corresponds to DCC4 the control signal of HARQfor the plurality of PDCCHs transmitted using DCC4 and/or the downlinktransport blocks transmitted using the PDSCHs of DCC4 and DCC5, andtransmits the control signal bundled or multiplexed to the base stationapparatus using the PUCCH of UCC4. In this case, the transmission of thecontrol signal of HARQ bundled or multiplexed in UCC2, and thetransmission of the control signal of HARQ bundled or multiplexed inUCC4 are executed in the same one sub frame.

For example, in FIG. 6, the mobile station apparatus is able tocalculate a logical sum from the control signals each indicatingACK/NACK of HARQ (the control signal of HARQ) for each of the downlinktransport blocks transmitted from the base station apparatus using thePDSCHs of DCC1, DCC2, and DCC3; calculate a logical sum from the controlsignals each indicating ACK/NACK of HARQ (the control signal of HARQ)for each of the downlink transport blocks transmitted using the PDSCHsof DCC4 and DCC5 and transmit each of the control signals calculatedeach indicating ACK/NACK (the control signal of HARQ) to the basestation apparatus in one same sub frame using the PUCCHs of UCC2 andUCC4.

For example, the mobile station apparatus is able to express using aplurality of bits the control signals each indicating ACK/NACK of HARQ(the control signal of HARQ) for each of the downlink transport blockstransmitted from the base station apparatus using the PDSCHs of DCC1,DCC2, and DCC3 express using the plurality of bits the control signalseach indicating ACK/NACK of HARQ (the control signal of HARQ) for eachof the downlink transport blocks transmitted using the PDSCHs of DCC4and DCC5 and transmit each of the control signals (the control signal ofHARQ) to the base station apparatus in one same sub frame using thePUCCHs of UCC2 and UCC4.

The base station apparatus is able to set specifically to the cell orspecifically to the mobile station apparatus the correspondence betweenthe single or the plurality of downlink carrier component(s) on whichthe plurality of PUCCHs are mapped and the single or the plurality ofuplink carrier component(s), using the physical broadcast channel or theRRC signaling. FIG. 6 depicts the state where the base station apparatussets for the mobile station apparatus the correspondence between DCC2and UCC2 and the correspondence between DCC4 and UCC4 using the physicalbroadcast channel or the RRC signaling. The base station apparatus isable to set specifically to the cell or specifically to the mobilestation apparatus the single or the plurality of downlink carriercomponent(s) on which the plurality of PDCCHs are mapped, using thephysical broadcast channel or the RRC signaling. The base stationapparatus is further able to set specifically to the cell orspecifically to the mobile station apparatus the single or the pluralityof uplink carrier component(s) for the mobile station apparatus totransmit the control signal of HARQ, using the physical broadcastchannel or the RRC signaling.

Thereby, the base station apparatus is able to change the (number of)downlink carrier components on which the plurality of PDCCHs are mapped,according to the state in the cell managed by the base station apparatusand the state of each mobile station apparatus and execute more flexiblyconsidered control of the transmission power used by the mobile stationapparatus to transmit the control signal of HARQ to the base stationapparatus. For example, the base station apparatus allocates theplurality of PDSCHs by mapping the plurality of PDCCHs on the pluralityof downlink carrier components to a mobile station apparatus havingextra transmission power. The mobile station apparatus having extratransmission power bundles or multiplexes the control signal of HARQ foreach of the downlink carrier components on which the plurality of PDCCHsare mapped, and transmits the control signal bundled or multiplexed tothe base station apparatus (transmits to the base station apparatusinformation indicating ACK/NACK of HARQ using the plurality of uplinkcarrier components that correspond to the plurality of downlink carriercomponents). On the other hand, the base station apparatus allocates theplurality of PDSCHs by mapping the plurality of PDCCHs on the singledownlink carrier component to a mobile station apparatus having no extratransmission power. The mobile station apparatus having no extratransmission power transmits the control signal of HARQ using the singleuplink carrier component that corresponds to the single downlink carriercomponent. In this manner, the base station apparatus changes the(number of) downlink carrier components on which the plurality of PDCCHsare mapped, according to the state in the cell managed by the basestation apparatus and the state of each mobile station apparatus, andthe base station apparatus controls the (number of) uplink carriercomponents for the mobile station apparatus to transmit the controlsignal of HARQ. Thereby, more flexible transmission control is enabled.

When the mobile station apparatus bundles the control signal of HARQ andtransmits the control signal bundled to the base station apparatus, themobile station apparatus transmits the control signal bundled to thebase station apparatus using any one PUCCH of the plurality of PUCCHsthat correspond to the plurality of PDCCHs. In this case, similarly tothe transmission methods described in the first embodiment, the mobilestation apparatus is able to transmit the control signal of HARQ bundledto the base station apparatus using the PUCCH that corresponds to thespecific PDCCH of the plurality of PDCCHs mapped on the single downlinkcarrier component or each of the plurality of downlink carriercomponents. The mobile station apparatus may transmit to the basestation apparatus the control signal of HARQ using the PUCCH thatcorresponds to the specific CCE index of the plurality of PDCCHsdetected on the single downlink carrier component or each of theplurality of downlink carrier components. The mobile station apparatusmay transmit to the base station apparatus the control signal of HARQusing the specific PUCCH of the plurality of PUCCHs mapped on the singleuplink carrier component or each of the plurality of uplink carriercomponents that correspond(s) to the single downlink carrier componentor each of the plurality of downlink carrier components.

FIG. 7 is a diagram of another example of the mobile communicationsystem that the second embodiment is applicable to. FIG. 7 depicts thestate as an example for explaining the second embodiment where afrequency band having a bandwidth of 100 MHz and used in the downlinkcommunication includes five downlink carrier components (DCC1, DCC2,DCC3, DCC4, and DCC5) each having a bandwidth of 20 MHz. FIG. 7 alsodepicts the state where a frequency band having a bandwidth of 40 MHzand used in the uplink communication includes two uplink carriercomponents (UCC1 and UCC2) each having a bandwidth of 20 MHz. In FIG. 7,the downlink/uplink channels are mapped on each of the downlink/uplinkcarrier components. In FIG. 7, there may be downlink or uplink carriercomponent(s) on which any one of the downlink or uplink channels such asthe PDCCH, the PDSCH, the PUCCH, or the PUSCH is not mapped.

In FIG. 7, the base station apparatus allocates the plurality of PDSCHsusing the plurality of PDCCHs mapped on the single or the plurality ofdownlink carrier component(s). FIG. 7 depicts the state as an examplewhere the base station apparatus allocates the PDSCHs mapped on DCC1,DCC2, and DCC3 using three PDCCHs mapped on DCC2 (the PDCCHs eachindicated by slant lines, grid lines, or net lines). FIG. 7 also depictsthe state where the base station apparatus allocates the PDSCHs mappedon DCC4 and DCC5 using two PDCCHs mapped on DCC4 (the PDCCHs eachindicated by horizontal lines or a dotted pattern). The base stationapparatus is able to transmit to the mobile station apparatus (at mostfive) downlink transport block(s) in one same sub frame using the PDSCHsmapped on DCC1, DCC2, DCC3, DCC4, and DCC5. The explicit allocationmethod or the implicit allocation method as described in the firstembodiment may be used as the method for the base station apparatus toallocate the plurality of PDSCHs using the plurality of PDCCHs mapped onthe single or the plurality of downlink carrier component(s).

The mobile station apparatus bundles or multiplexes for each of thedownlink carrier components on which the plurality of PDCCHs are mappedthe control signal of HARQ for the plurality of PDCCHs and/or theplurality of downlink transport blocks, and transmits the control signalbundled or multiplexed to the base station apparatus. FIG. 7 depicts thestate as an example where the mobile station apparatus bundles ormultiplexes in UCC1 that corresponds to DCC2 the control signal of HARQfor the plurality of PDCCHs transmitted using DCC2 and/or the downlinktransport blocks transmitted using the PDSCHs of DCC1, DCC2, and DCC3,and transmits the control signal bundled or multiplexed to the basestation apparatus using the PUCCH of UCC1. FIG. 7 also depicts the statewhere the mobile station apparatus bundles or multiplexes in UCC2 thatcorresponds to DCC4 the control signal of HARQ for the plurality ofPDCCHs transmitted using DCC4 and/or the downlink transport blockstransmitted using the PDSCHs of DCC4 and DCC5, and transmits the controlsignal bundled or multiplexed to the base station apparatus using thePUCCH of UCC2. In this case, the transmission of the control signal ofHARQ bundled or multiplexed in UCC1, and the transmission of the controlsignal of HARQ bundled or multiplexed in UCC2 are executed in the sameone sub frame.

As above, the base station apparatus is able to set specifically to thecell or specifically to the mobile station apparatus the correspondencebetween the single or the plurality of downlink carrier component(s) onwhich the plurality of PDCCHs are mapped and the single or the pluralityof uplink carrier component(s), using the physical broadcast channel orthe RRC signaling. FIG. 7 depicts the state where the base stationapparatus sets for the mobile station apparatus the correspondencebetween DCC2 and UCC1 and the correspondence between DCC4 and UCC2 usingthe physical broadcast channel or the RRC signaling. The base stationapparatus is able to set specifically to the cell or specifically to themobile station apparatus the single or the plurality of downlink carriercomponent(s) on which the plurality of PDCCHs are mapped, using thephysical broadcast channel or the RRC signaling. The base stationapparatus is further able to set specifically to the cell orspecifically to the mobile station apparatus the single or the pluralityof uplink carrier component(s) for the mobile station apparatus totransmit the control signal of HARQ, using the physical broadcastchannel or the RRC signaling.

FIG. 8 is a diagram of another example of the mobile communicationsystem that the second embodiment is applicable to. In FIG. 8, themobile station apparatus bundles or multiplexes for each of the downlinkcarrier components on which the plurality of PDCCHs are mapped thecontrol signal of HARQ for the plurality of PDCCHs and/or the pluralityof downlink transport blocks, and transmits the control signal bundledor multiplexed to the base station apparatus using the PUCCH mapped onthe single uplink carrier component, and other points are similar tothose of the mobile communication system described with reference toFIG. 7.

In FIG. 8, the base station apparatus makes DCC2 and UCC1 correspond andfurther makes DCC4 and UCC1 correspond, using the physical broadcastchannel or the RRC signaling.

The mobile station apparatus bundles or multiplexes the control signalof HARQ for each of the downlink carrier components on which theplurality of PDCCHs are mapped, and transmits the control signal bundledor multiplexed to the base station apparatus using the PUCCH mapped onthe single uplink carrier component that corresponds to the plurality ofdownlink carrier components. In FIG. 8, the mobile station apparatusbundles or multiplexes in UCC1 the control signal of HARQ for theplurality of PDCCHs transmitted using DCC2 and/or the downlink transportblocks transmitted using the PDSCHs of DCC1, DCC2, and DCC3 andtransmits the control signal bundled or multiplexed to the base stationapparatus using the PUCCH of UCC1. The mobile station apparatus furtherbundles or multiplexes in UCC1 the control signal of HARQ for theplurality of PDCCHs transmitted using DCC4 and/or the downlink transportblocks transmitted using the PDSCHs of DCC4 and DCC3 and transmits thecontrol signal bundled or multiplexed to the base station apparatususing the PUCCH of UCC1. The mobile station apparatus transmits to thebase station apparatus each of the control signals of HARQ bundled ormultiplexed, using the one same sub frame.

As above, in the second embodiment, the base station apparatus allocatesthe plurality of PDSCHs using the plurality of PDCCHs mapped on thesingle or the plurality of downlink carrier components, and transmits tothe mobile station apparatus the plurality of downlink transport blocksin one same sub frame using the plurality of PDSCHs allocated. Themobile station apparatus bundles or multiplexes for each of the downlinkcarrier components on which the plurality of PDCCHs are mapped thecontrol signal of HARQ for the plurality of PDCCHs and/or the pluralityof downlink transport blocks, and transmits the control signal bundledor multiplexed to the base station apparatus. The base station apparatusreceives from the mobile station apparatus the control signal of HARQbundled or multiplexed for each of the downlink carrier components. Thebase station apparatus and the mobile station apparatus transmit andreceive the control signal of HARQ in this manner, and thereby themobile station apparatus is able to: transmit the control signal of HARQfor each of the downlink carrier components on which the plurality ofPDCCHs are mapped, and more flexibly control the transmission power forthe mobile station apparatus to transmit the control signal of HARQ tothe base station apparatus. The base station apparatus is able todesignate the resources of the PUCCHs for the mobile station apparatusto map therein the control signal of HARQ, based on the positions in thePDCCH resource areas in the plurality of PDCCHs mapped on the single orthe plurality of downlink carrier components; and, therefore, executeefficient allocation. When the mobile station apparatus bundles thecontrol signal of HARQ and transmits the control signal bundled to thebase station apparatus, the mobile station apparatus transmits to thebase station apparatus the control signal of HARQ using the specificPUCCH, and thereby the base station apparatus is able to detect up towhich PDCCH the mobile station apparatus is successfully receives(detects).

The above embodiments are also applied to an integrated circuit or achip set loaded on each of the base station apparatus and the mobilestation apparatus. In the above embodiments, programs to realize thefunctions in the base station apparatus and the functions in the mobilestation apparatus may be recorded on a computer-readable recordingmedium a computer system may be caused to read and execute the programsrecorded on the recording medium and thereby the base station apparatusand the mobile station apparatus may be controlled. The “computersystem” used herein refers to a computer system that includes an OS andhardware such as a peripheral device.

The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a portable mediumsuch as a flexible disc, a magneto-optical disc, a ROM, or a CD-ROM, ora storing apparatus such as a hard disc incorporated in the computersystem. The “computer-readable recording medium” may include a typethereof that dynamically retains the programs for a short time periodsuch as a communication cable used when the programs are transmittedthrough a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as atelephone line and, in such a case, a type thereof that retains theprograms for a specific time period such as a volatile memory in acomputer system used as a server or a client. The “programs” may beprograms to realize a part of the above functions, or may also beprograms that are able to realize the above functions in combinationwith the programs already recorded in the computer system.

As above, the embodiments of the present invention have been describedin detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, thespecific configuration thereof is not limited to any one of those in theabove embodiments and designs, etc., within the scope not departing fromthe purview of the present invention are included in the claims.

As above, the following measures may be taken for the present invention.The mobile communication system of the present invention is a mobilecommunication system including a base station apparatus and a mobilestation apparatus, and the mobile communication system is characterizedin that the base station apparatus using a plurality of physicaldownlink control channels mapped on single downlink carrier component,allocates a plurality of physical downlink shared channels to be mappedon the carrier component or a carrier component that is different fromthe carrier component; and, using the plurality of physical downlinkshared channels allocated, transmits to the mobile station apparatus aplurality of downlink transport blocks in one same sub frame, and themobile station apparatus: bundles control signals in HARQs (HybridAutomatic Repeat reQuest) for the plurality of physical downlink controlchannels and/or the plurality of downlink transport blocks, in the oneuplink carrier component that corresponds to the one downlink carriercomponent; and transmits the control signals bundled to the base stationapparatus.

The mobile communication system including a base station apparatus and amobile station apparatus, is characterized in that the base stationapparatus using the plurality of physical downlink control channelsmapped on the single or the plurality of downlink carrier component(s),allocates the plurality of physical downlink shared channels to bemapped on the carrier component or a carrier component different fromthe carrier component; and, using the plurality of physical downlinkshared channels allocated, transmits to the mobile station apparatus theplurality of downlink transport blocks in the one same sub frame, andthe mobile station apparatus: bundles the control signals in the HARQsfor the plurality of physical downlink control channels and/or theplurality of downlink transport blocks, for each of downlink carriercomponents on which the plurality of physical downlink control channelsare mapped; and transmits the control signal bundled to the base stationapparatus.

The mobile communication system including a base station apparatus and amobile station apparatus, is characterized in that the base stationapparatus using the plurality of physical downlink control channels,allocates the plurality of physical downlink shared channels; and, usingthe plurality of physical downlink shared channels allocated, transmitsto the mobile station apparatus the plurality of downlink transportblocks in the one same sub frame, and the mobile station apparatus:using a physical uplink control channel that corresponds to the physicaldownlink control channel finally detected of the plurality of physicaldownlink control channels, bundles the control signal of HARQs for theplurality of physical downlink control channels and/or the plurality ofdownlink transport blocks; and transmits the control signal bundled tothe base station apparatus.

The mobile communication system including a base station apparatus and amobile station apparatus, is characterized in that the base stationapparatus: using the plurality of physical downlink control channels,allocates the plurality of physical downlink shared channels; and, usingthe plurality of physical downlink shared channels allocated, transmitsto the mobile station apparatus the plurality of downlink transportblocks in the one same sub frame, and the mobile station apparatus:using a physical uplink control channel that corresponds to a specificcontrol channel component of the plurality of physical downlink controlchannels, bundles the control signal of HARQ for the plurality ofphysical downlink control channels and/or the plurality of downlinktransport blocks; and transmits the control signal bundled to the basestation apparatus.

The mobile communication system including a base station apparatus and amobile station apparatus, is characterized in that the base stationapparatus: using the plurality of physical downlink control channels,allocates the plurality of physical downlink shared channels; and, usingthe plurality of physical downlink shared channels allocated, transmitsto the mobile station apparatus the plurality of downlink transportblocks in the one same sub frame, and the mobile station apparatus:bundles the control signal of HARQ for the plurality of physicaldownlink control channels and/or the plurality of downlink transportblocks; and, using a physical uplink control channel whose index islargest, transmits the control signal bundled to the base stationapparatus.

The mobile communication system including a base station apparatus and amobile station apparatus, is characterized in that the base stationapparatus: using the plurality of physical downlink control channelsmapped on the single downlink carrier component, allocates the pluralityof physical downlink shared channels mapped on the carrier component ora carrier component different from the carrier component; and, using theplurality of physical downlink shared channels allocated, transmits tothe mobile station apparatus the plurality of downlink transport blocksin the one same sub frame, and the mobile station apparatus: multiplexesin single uplink carrier component that corresponds to the singledownlink carrier component the control signal of HARQ for the pluralityof physical downlink control channels and/or the plurality of downlinktransport blocks; and transmits the control signal multiplexed to thebase station apparatus.

The mobile communication system including a base station apparatus and amobile station apparatus, is characterized in that the base stationapparatus: using the plurality of physical downlink control channelsmapped on single or a plurality of downlink carrier component(s),allocates the plurality of physical downlink shared channels to bemapped on the carrier component or a carrier component different fromthe carrier component; and, using the plurality of physical downlinkshared channels allocated, transmits to the mobile station apparatus theplurality of downlink transport blocks in the one same sub frame, andthe mobile station apparatus: multiplexes for each of the downlinkcarrier components on which the plurality of physical downlink controlchannels are mapped the control signal of HARQ for the plurality ofphysical downlink control channels and/or the plurality of downlinktransport blocks; and transmits the control signal multiplexed to thebase station apparatus.

The control signal of HARQ are characterized in that the control signalis signal that indicates ACK (ACKnowledgment)/NACK (NegativeACKnowledgment) and/or DTX (Discontinuous Transmission) for each of theplurality of physical downlink control channels and/or the plurality ofdownlink transport blocks.

A base station apparatus in a mobile communication system that includesthe base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus, ischaracterized in that the base station apparatus includes: a portionthat, using a plurality of physical downlink control channels mapped onsingle downlink carrier component, allocates a plurality of physicaldownlink shared channels to be mapped on the carrier component or acarrier component different from the carrier component; a portion that,using the plurality of physical downlink shared channels allocated,transmits to the mobile station apparatus a plurality of downlinktransport blocks in one same sub frame; and a portion that receives fromthe mobile station apparatus control signal of HARQ, bundled in singleuplink carrier component that corresponds to the single downlink carriercomponent and for the plurality of physical downlink control channelsand/or the plurality of downlink transport blocks.

The base station apparatus in a mobile communication system thatincludes the base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus, ischaracterized in that the base station apparatus includes: a portionthat, using the plurality of physical downlink control channels mappedon the single or the plurality of downlink carrier component(s),allocates the plurality of physical downlink shared channels to bemapped on the carrier component or a carrier component different fromthe carrier component; a portion that, using the plurality of physicaldownlink shared channels allocated, transmits to the mobile stationapparatus the plurality of downlink transport blocks in one same subframe; and a portion that receives from the mobile station apparatus thecontrol signal of HARQ, bundled for each of the downlink carriercomponents disposed with the plurality of physical downlink controlchannels and for the plurality of physical downlink control channelsand/or the plurality of downlink transport blocks.

The base station apparatus in a mobile communication system thatincludes the base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus, ischaracterized in that the base station apparatus includes: a portionthat, using the plurality of physical downlink control channels,allocates the plurality of physical downlink shared channels; a portionthat, using the plurality of physical downlink shared channelsallocated, transmits to the mobile station apparatus the plurality ofdownlink transport blocks in one same sub frame; and a portion that,using a physical uplink control channel that corresponds to a physicaldownlink control channel finally detected by the mobile stationapparatus, of the plurality of physical downlink control channels,receives from the mobile station apparatus the control signal of HARQbundled by the mobile station apparatus and for the plurality ofphysical downlink control channels and/or the plurality of downlinktransport blocks.

The base station apparatus in a mobile communication system thatincludes the base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus, ischaracterized in that the base station apparatus includes: a portionthat, using the plurality of physical downlink control channels,allocates the plurality of physical downlink shared channels; a portionthat, using the plurality of physical downlink shared channelsallocated, transmits to the mobile station apparatus the plurality ofdownlink transport blocks in one same sub frame; and a portion that,using a physical uplink control channel that corresponds to a specificcontrol channel component of the plurality of physical downlink controlchannels, receives from the mobile station apparatus the control signalof HARQ, bundled by the mobile station apparatus and for the pluralityof physical downlink control channels and/or the plurality of downlinktransport blocks.

The base station apparatus in a mobile communication system thatincludes the base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus, ischaracterized in that the base station apparatus includes: a portionthat, using the plurality of physical downlink control channels,allocates the plurality of physical downlink shared channels; a portionthat, using the plurality of physical downlink shared channelsallocated, transmits to the mobile station apparatus the plurality ofdownlink transport blocks in one same sub frame; and a portion that,using a physical uplink control channel whose index is largest, receivesfrom the mobile station apparatus the control signals of HARQ, bundledby the mobile station apparatus and for the plurality of physicaldownlink control channels and/or the plurality of downlink transportblocks.

The base station apparatus in a mobile communication system thatincludes the base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus, ischaracterized in that the base station apparatus includes: a portionthat, using the plurality of physical downlink control channels mappedon single downlink carrier component, allocates the plurality ofphysical downlink shared channels to be mapped on the carrier componentor a carrier component different from the carrier component; a portionthat, using the plurality of physical downlink shared channelsallocated, transmits to the mobile station apparatus the plurality ofdownlink transport blocks in one same sub frame; and a portion thatreceives from the mobile station apparatus the control signal HARQ,multiplexed in single uplink carrier component that corresponds to thesingle downlink carrier component and for the plurality of physicaldownlink control channels and/or the plurality of downlink transportblocks.

The base station apparatus in a mobile communication system thatincludes the base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus, ischaracterized in that the base station apparatus includes: a portionthat, using the plurality of physical downlink control channels mappedon single or a plurality of downlink carrier component(s), allocates theplurality of physical downlink shared channels to be mapped on thecarrier component or a carrier component different from the carriercomponent; a portion that, using the plurality of physical downlinkshared channels allocated, transmits to the mobile station apparatus theplurality of downlink transport blocks in one same sub frame; and aportion that receives from the mobile station apparatus the controlsignal of HARQ, multiplexed for each of the downlink carrier componentsdisposed with the plurality of physical downlink control channels andfor the plurality of physical downlink control channels and/or theplurality of downlink transport blocks.

The control signal of HARQ are characterized in that the control signalis a signal that each indicate ACK/NACK and/or DTX for each of theplurality of physical downlink control channels and/or the plurality ofdownlink transport blocks.

A mobile station apparatus in a mobile communication system thatincludes a base station apparatus and the mobile station apparatus, ischaracterized in that the base station apparatus, using a plurality ofphysical downlink control channels disposed in one downlink carriercomponent, allocates a plurality of physical downlink shared channels tobe mapped on the carrier component or a carrier component different fromthe carrier component, and in that the mobile station apparatusincludes: a portion that receives from the base station apparatus in onesame sub frame a plurality of downlink transport blocks transmittedusing the plurality of physical downlink shared channels allocated; anda portion that bundles control signal of HARQ for the plurality ofphysical downlink control channels and/or the plurality of downlinktransport blocks, in one uplink carrier component corresponding to theone downlink carrier component and that transmits the control signalsbundled to the base station apparatus.

The mobile station apparatus in a mobile communication system thatincludes a base station apparatus and the mobile station apparatus, ischaracterized in that the base station apparatus, using the plurality ofphysical downlink control channels disposed in the one or the pluralityof downlink carrier component(s), allocates the plurality of physicaldownlink shared channels to be mapped on the carrier component or acarrier component different from the carrier component, and in that themobile station apparatus includes: a portion that receives from the basestation apparatus the plurality of downlink transport blocks in one samesub frame transmitted using the plurality of physical downlink sharedchannels allocated; and a portion that bundles the control signal ofHARQ for the plurality of physical downlink control channels and/or theplurality of downlink transport blocks, for each downlink carriercomponent on which the plurality of physical downlink control channelsare mapped and that transmits the control signal bundled to the basestation apparatus.

The mobile station apparatus in a mobile communication system thatincludes a base station apparatus and the mobile station apparatus, ischaracterized in that the mobile station apparatus includes: a portionthat receives from the base station apparatus the plurality of downlinktransport blocks in one same sub frame transmitted using the pluralityof physical downlink shared channels allocated by the base stationapparatus using the plurality of physical downlink control channels; anda portion that, using a physical uplink control channel corresponding tothe physical downlink control channel finally detected of the pluralityof physical downlink control channels, bundles the control signal ofHARQ for the plurality of physical downlink control channels and/or theplurality of downlink transport blocks and that transmits the controlsignal bundled to the base station apparatus.

The mobile station apparatus in a mobile communication system thatincludes a base station apparatus and the mobile station apparatus, ischaracterized in that the mobile station apparatus includes: a portionthat receives from the base station apparatus the plurality of downlinktransport blocks in one same sub frame using the plurality of physicaldownlink shared channels allocated by the base station apparatus usingthe plurality of physical downlink control channels; and a portion that,using a physical uplink control channel that corresponds to a specificcontrol channel component of the plurality of physical downlink controlchannels, bundles the control signal of HARQ for the plurality ofphysical downlink control channels and/or the plurality of downlinktransport blocks and that transmits the control signal bundled to thebase station apparatus.

The mobile station apparatus in a mobile communication system thatincludes a base station apparatus and the mobile station apparatus, ischaracterized in that the mobile station apparatus includes: a portionthat receives from the base station apparatus the plurality of downlinktransport blocks in one same sub frame using the plurality of physicaldownlink shared channels allocated by the base station apparatus usingthe plurality of physical downlink control channels; and a portion thatbundles the control signal of HARQ for the plurality of physicaldownlink control channels and/or the plurality of downlink transportblocks and that transmits the control signal bundled to the base stationapparatus using a physical uplink control channel whose index islargest.

The mobile station apparatus in a mobile communication system thatincludes a base station apparatus and the mobile station apparatus, ischaracterized in that the base station apparatus allocates the pluralityof physical downlink shared channels to be mapped on the carriercomponent or a carrier component different from the carrier componentusing a plurality of physical downlink control channels mapped on thesingle downlink carrier component, and the mobile station apparatusincludes a portion that receives from the base station apparatus theplurality of downlink transport blocks in one same sub frame transmittedusing the plurality of physical downlink shared channels allocated and aportion that multiplexes the control signal of HARQ for the plurality ofphysical downlink control channels and/or the plurality of downlinktransport blocks in single uplink carrier component corresponding to thesingle downlink carrier component, and transmits the control signalmultiplexed to the base station apparatus.

A mobile communication system including a base station apparatus and amobile station apparatus, is characterized in that the base stationapparatus includes: a portion that, using a plurality of physicaldownlink control channels disposed in one or a plurality of downlinkcarrier component(s), allocates a plurality of physical downlink sharedchannels to be mapped on the carrier component(s) or a carrier componentdifferent from the carrier component(s), and that receives from the basestation apparatus the plurality of downlink transport blocks in one samesub frame transmitted using the plurality of physical downlink sharedchannels allocated; and a portion that multiplexes control signal ofHARQ for the plurality of physical downlink control channels and/or theplurality of downlink transport blocks for each downlink carriercomponent on which the plurality of physical downlink control channelsare mapped and that transmits the control signal multiplexed to the basestation apparatus.

The control signal of HARQ is characterized in that the control signalis signal that indicates ACK/NACK and/or /DTX for each of the pluralityof physical downlink control channels and/or the plurality of downlinktransport blocks.

EXPLANATIONS OF LETTERS OR NUMERALS

100 . . . base station apparatus; 101 . . . data control portion; 102 .. . transmission data modulating portion; 103 . . . radio portion; 104 .. . scheduling portion; 105 . . . channel estimating portion; 106 . . .reception data demodulating portion; 107 . . . data extracting portion;108 . . . higher layer; 109 . . . antenna; 110 . . . radio resourcecontrol portion; 200 . . . mobile station apparatus; 201 . . . datacontrol portion; 202 . . . transmission data modulating portion; 203 . .. radio portion; 204 . . . scheduling portion; 205 . . . channelestimating portion; 206 . . . reception data demodulating portion; 207 .. . data extracting portion; 208 . . . higher layer; 209 . . . antenna;and 210 . . . radio resource control portion.

The invention claimed is:
 1. A mobile station apparatus that isconfigured to and/or programmed to communicate with a base stationapparatus by using a plurality of downlink component carriers and aplurality of uplink component carriers, the mobile station apparatuscomprising: a receiving unit configured to and/or programmed to receivein a first sub-frame, from the base station apparatus, a first physicaldownlink control channel and a second physical downlink control channel,wherein the first physical downlink control channel is used forindicating a first physical downlink shared channel transmission on afirst downlink component carrier and the second physical downlinkcontrol channel is used for indicating a second physical downlink sharedchannel transmission on a second downlink component carrier, wherein thereceiving unit is configured to and/or programmed to receive in a secondsub-frame, from the base station apparatus, a third physical downlinkcontrol channel and a fourth physical downlink control channel, whereinthe third physical downlink control channel is used for indicating athird physical downlink shared channel transmission on a third downlinkcomponent carrier and the fourth physical downlink control channel isused for indicating a fourth physical downlink shared channeltransmission on a fourth downlink component carrier; a scheduling unitconfigured to and/or programmed to determine a first physical uplinkcontrol channel resource based on the first physical downlink controlchannel and a second physical uplink control channel resource based onthe second physical downlink control channel in a case that the firstphysical downlink control channel and the second physical downlinkcontrol channel are received in the first sub-frame, wherein the firstphysical uplink control channel resource and the second physical uplinkcontrol channel resource are allocated on a first uplink componentcarrier that corresponds to the first downlink component carrier,wherein the scheduling unit is configured to and/or programmed todetermine a third physical uplink control channel resource based on thethird physical downlink control channel and a fourth physical uplinkcontrol channel resource based on the fourth physical downlink controlchannel in a case that the third physical downlink control channel andthe fourth physical downlink control channel are received in the secondsub-frame, wherein the third physical uplink control channel resourceand the fourth physical uplink control channel resource are allocated ona second uplink component carrier that corresponds to the third downlinkcomponent carrier; and a transmitting unit configured to and/orprogrammed to transmit in a third sub-frame, to the base stationapparatus, first information bits, wherein the first information bitsare transmitted on a single physical uplink control channel resourcewhich is selected from the first physical uplink control channelresource and the second physical uplink control channel resource,wherein the transmitting unit configured to and/or programmed totransmit in a fourth sub-frame, to the base station apparatus, secondinformation bits, wherein the second information bits are transmitted ona single physical uplink control channel resource which is selected fromthe third physical uplink control channel resource and the fourthphysical uplink control channel resource, wherein the first informationbits are used for indicating a positive acknowledgment (ACK) or anegative acknowledgment (NACK) for each of downlink transport blockstransmitted on the first physical downlink shared channel and the secondphysical downlink shared channel, the second information bits are usedfor indicating a positive acknowledgment (ACK) or a negativeacknowledgment (NACK) for each of downlink transport blocks transmittedon the third physical downlink shared channel and the fourth physicaldownlink shared channel, the first physical downlink control channel andthe second physical downlink control channel and the third physicaldownlink control channel and the fourth physical downlink controlchannel are different from each other, the first downlink componentcarrier and the second downlink component carrier and the third downlinkcomponent carrier and the fourth downlink component carrier aredifferent from each other, and the first information bits and the secondinformation bits are different from each other.
 2. A base stationapparatus that is configured to and/or programmed to communicate with amobile station apparatus by using a plurality of downlink componentcarriers and a plurality of uplink component carriers, the base stationapparatus comprising: a transmitting unit configured to and/orprogrammed to transmit in a first sub-frame, to the mobile stationapparatus, a first physical downlink control channel and a secondphysical downlink control channel, wherein the first physical downlinkcontrol channel is used for indicating a first physical downlink sharedchannel transmission on a first downlink component carrier and thesecond physical downlink control channel is used for indicating a secondphysical downlink shared channel transmission on a second downlinkcomponent carrier, wherein the transmitting unit is configured to and/orprogrammed to transmit in a second sub-frame, to the mobile stationapparatus, a third physical downlink control channel and a fourthphysical downlink control channel, wherein the third physical downlinkcontrol channel is used for indicating a third physical downlink sharedchannel transmission on a third downlink component carrier and thefourth physical downlink control channel is used for indicating a fourthphysical downlink shared channel transmission on a fourth downlinkcomponent carrier; a scheduling unit configured to and/or programmed toschedule a first physical uplink control channel resource based on thefirst physical downlink control channel and a second physical uplinkcontrol channel resource based on the second physical downlink controlchannel in a case that the first physical downlink control channel andthe second physical downlink control channel are transmitted in thefirst sub-frame, wherein the first physical uplink control channelresource and the second physical uplink control channel resource areallocated on a first uplink component carrier that corresponds to thefirst downlink component carrier, wherein the scheduling unit isconfigured to and/or programmed to schedule a third physical uplinkcontrol channel resource based on the third physical downlink controlchannel and a fourth physical uplink control channel resource based onthe fourth physical downlink control channel in a case that the thirdphysical downlink control channel and the fourth physical downlinkcontrol channel are transmitted in the second sub-frame, wherein thethird physical uplink control channel resource and the fourth physicaluplink control channel resource are allocated on a second uplinkcomponent carrier that corresponds to the third downlink componentcarrier; and a receiving unit configured to and/or programmed to receivein a third sub-frame, from the mobile station apparatus, firstinformation bits, wherein the first information bits are transmitted ona single physical uplink control channel resource which is selected fromthe first physical uplink control channel resource and the secondphysical uplink control channel resource, wherein the receiving unitconfigured to and/or programmed to receive in a fourth sub-frame, fromthe mobile station apparatus, second information bits, wherein thesecond information bits are transmitted on a single physical uplinkcontrol channel resource which is selected from the third physicaluplink control channel resource and the fourth physical uplink controlchannel resource, wherein the first information bits are used forindicating a positive acknowledgment (ACK) or a negative acknowledgment(NACK) for each of downlink transport blocks transmitted on the firstphysical downlink shared channel and the second physical downlink sharedchannel, the second information bits are used for indicating a positiveacknowledgment (ACK) or a negative acknowledgment (NACK) for each ofdownlink transport blocks transmitted on the third physical downlinkshared channel and the fourth physical downlink shared channel, thefirst physical downlink control channel and the second physical downlinkcontrol channel and the third physical downlink control channel and thefourth physical downlink control channel are different from each other,the first downlink component carrier and the second downlink componentcarrier and the third downlink component carrier and the fourth downlinkcomponent carrier are different from each other, and the firstinformation bits and the second information bits are different from eachother.
 3. A communication method of a mobile station apparatus that isconfigured to and/or programmed to communicate with a base stationapparatus by using a plurality of downlink component carriers and aplurality of uplink component carriers, the communication methodcomprising: receiving in a first sub-frame, from the base stationapparatus, a first physical downlink control channel and a secondphysical downlink control channel, wherein the first physical downlinkcontrol channel is used for indicating a first physical downlink sharedchannel transmission on a first downlink component carrier and thesecond physical downlink control channel is used for indicating a secondphysical downlink shared channel transmission on a second downlinkcomponent carrier; receiving in a second sub-frame, from the basestation apparatus, a third physical downlink control channel and afourth physical downlink control channel, wherein the third physicaldownlink control channel is used for indicating a third physicaldownlink shared channel transmission on a third downlink componentcarrier and the fourth physical downlink control channel is used forindicating a fourth physical downlink shared channel transmission on afourth downlink component carrier; determining a first physical uplinkcontrol channel resource based on the first physical downlink controlchannel and a second physical uplink control channel resource based onthe second physical downlink control channel in a case that the firstphysical downlink control channel and the second physical downlinkcontrol channel are received in the first sub-frame, wherein the firstphysical uplink control channel resource and the second physical uplinkcontrol channel resource are allocated on a first uplink componentcarrier that corresponds to the first downlink component carrier;determining a third physical uplink control channel resource based onthe third physical downlink control channel and a fourth physical uplinkcontrol channel resource based on the fourth physical downlink controlchannel in a case that the third physical downlink control channel andthe fourth physical downlink control channel are received in the secondsub-frame, wherein the third physical uplink control channel resourceand the fourth physical uplink control channel resource are allocated ona second uplink component carrier that corresponds to the third downlinkcomponent carrier; transmitting in a third sub-frame, to the basestation apparatus, first information bits, wherein the first informationbits are transmitted on a single physical uplink control channelresource which is selected from the first physical uplink controlchannel resource and the second physical uplink control channelresource; and transmitting in a fourth sub-frame, to the base stationapparatus, second information bits, wherein the second information bitsare transmitted on a single physical uplink control channel resourcewhich is selected from the third physical uplink control channelresource and the fourth physical uplink control channel resource,wherein the first information bits are used for indicating a positiveacknowledgment (ACK) or a negative acknowledgment (NACK) for each ofdownlink transport blocks transmitted on the first physical downlinkshared channel and the second physical downlink shared channel, thesecond information bits are used for indicating a positiveacknowledgment (ACK) or a negative acknowledgment (NACK) for each ofdownlink transport blocks transmitted on the third physical downlinkshared channel and the fourth physical downlink shared channel, thefirst physical downlink control channel and the second physical downlinkcontrol channel and the third physical downlink control channel and thefourth physical downlink control channel are different from each other,the first downlink component carrier and the second downlink componentcarrier and the third downlink component carrier and the fourth downlinkcomponent carrier are different from each other, and the firstinformation bits and the second information bits are different from eachother.
 4. A communication method of a base station apparatus that isconfigured to and/or programmed to communicate with a mobile stationapparatus by using a plurality of downlink component carriers and aplurality of uplink component carriers, the base station apparatuscomprising: transmitting in a first sub-frame, to the mobile stationapparatus, a first physical downlink control channel and a secondphysical downlink control channel, wherein the first physical downlinkcontrol channel is used for indicating a first physical downlink sharedchannel transmission on a first downlink component carrier and thesecond physical downlink control channel is used for indicating a secondphysical downlink shared channel transmission on a second downlinkcomponent carrier; transmitting in a second sub-frame, to the mobilestation apparatus, a third physical downlink control channel and afourth physical downlink control channel, wherein the third physicaldownlink control channel is used for indicating a third physicaldownlink shared channel transmission on a third downlink componentcarrier and the fourth physical downlink control channel is used forindicating a fourth physical downlink shared channel transmission on afourth downlink component carrier; scheduling a first physical uplinkcontrol channel resource based on the first physical downlink controlchannel and a second physical uplink control channel resource based onthe second physical downlink control channel in a case that the firstphysical downlink control channel and the second physical downlinkcontrol channel are transmitted in the first sub-frame, wherein thefirst physical uplink control channel resource and the second physicaluplink control channel resource are allocated on a first uplinkcomponent carrier that corresponds to the first downlink componentcarrier; scheduling a third physical uplink control channel resourcebased on the third physical downlink control channel and a fourthphysical uplink control channel resource based on the fourth physicaldownlink control channel in a case that the third physical downlinkcontrol channel and the fourth physical downlink control channel aretransmitted in the second sub-frame, wherein the third physical uplinkcontrol channel resource and the fourth physical uplink control channelresource are allocated on a second uplink component carrier thatcorresponds to the third downlink component carrier; receiving in athird sub-frame, from the mobile station apparatus, first informationbits, wherein the first information bits are transmitted on a singlephysical uplink control channel resource which is selected from thefirst physical uplink control channel resource and the second physicaluplink control channel resource; and receiving in a fourth sub-frame,from the mobile station apparatus, second information bits, wherein thesecond information bits are transmitted on a single physical uplinkcontrol channel resource which is selected from the third physicaluplink control channel resource and the fourth physical uplink controlchannel resource, wherein the first information bits are used forindicating a positive acknowledgment (ACK) or a negative acknowledgment(NACK) for each of downlink transport blocks transmitted on the firstphysical downlink shared channel and the second physical downlink sharedchannel, the second information bits are used for indicating a positiveacknowledgment (ACK) or a negative acknowledgment (NACK) for each ofdownlink transport blocks transmitted on the third physical downlinkshared channel and the fourth physical downlink shared channel, thefirst physical downlink control channel and the second physical downlinkcontrol channel and the third physical downlink control channel and thefourth physical downlink control channel are different from each other,the first downlink component carrier and the second downlink componentcarrier and the third downlink component carrier and the fourth downlinkcomponent carrier are different from each other, and the firstinformation bits and the second information bits are different from eachother.